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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This, observed the Prince, shrugging his shoulders," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But there is absolutely no reason for the King's step," }, { "from": "human", "value": "For that very reason matters must be arranged in such a manner that she may find a p...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When the King is there no one dares to enter it, answered the young man;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The King was in the castle when we went over it," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And we did not see him?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "You did see him. I am the King!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am going to drive my goats home, said the...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Master, said he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, answered the shoemaker, who did not recognise the King;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I have not grudged work or expense these five years to get pure white lilies, but they always have a green tinge a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Roseninsel, where her young friend had arranged an Italian night with music and singing, and at which the singers of the opera took part. The whole of the lake of Starnberg was illuminated with Bengal lights. In the gardens and courtyard of the château were erected allegorical s...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Graf von Schyren," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "--to be looked at, but not to be touched! Those who knew Ludwig are entirely agreed that he never felt real love for any woman, not even for his betrothed wife, though at one time he appeared to do so. To Richard Wagner, he said at one of their first meetings:" }, { "fro...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Frau von Bulyowska desires her carriage!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "La donna è mobile. This artiste, too, was vain enough to believe that he was in love with her. Many of the inhabitants of Munich expressed in fairly explicit terms their belief that a liaison existed between them. In reality, however, he was only her protector, who enjoyed her m...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have spoken to him about it!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Royal Bavarian Court Singer," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Prussian" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "with which the Prince desired to forge Bavaria fast to the aforesaid country. When another speaker mentioned the" }, { "from": "human", "value": "held out by Prussia, Ruland pulled out a shell, which he had picked u...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Reichsräthe." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Down with Hohenlohe, who is pushing himself between the King and the people!... An evil spirit is making its insidious way through Bavaria. The same journal assured the French that the fall of the Ministry would be synonymous with the neutrality of Bavaria. It continued in a thr...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Iron Chancellor" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The agreement I have concluded with Prussia is known to the country! Faithfully, in conformity with this alliance, for which I have pledged my royal word, I will, when my duty bids me do so, together with my powerful ally, answer for the honour of Germany and therewith also for ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is there then no means, no possibility of avoiding war? He finally recognised that it was inevitable. The question became now: Whether Bavaria could remain neutral, or whether his kingdom--in conformity with the treaty of 1866--should fight by the side of Prussia. The secretary ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have never seen the King so satisfied as to-day, declared his Minister Pranckh after the audience the same afternoon. And when the equerry in attendance, von Sauer, congratulated his Majesty, the latter said:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, I have the feeling t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is a difficult task for me to fight the French with troops who do not like us Prussians, and who are not educated in our school." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Denn was im Drange der Gefahr auf's Neue Ein edles Fürstenpaar zum Kampf vereint, Das Königswort, es heisset: Treu und Treue! Mit diesem Feldgeschrei verjagt den Feind! Heil! Dreifach heil! dem hohen Fürstenpaar, Dem Deutschlands alte Treue heilig war!" }, { "from": "gpt...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "As there is neither a German Empire nor a German Republic, as hitherto there has not been any German Confederation, it is my wish that only Bavarian flags, or better still, no flags at all, shall be hoisted on the Government buildings." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "William the Conqueror," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If only the South Germans would take the decisive step! he often said. [21] The King of Prussia had up to the last moment little desire to accept the Imperial crown. Should it, however, prove to be necessary, he wished that it might take place on the invitation of the King of Ba...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why do they conclude agreements with Würtemberg, Baden, and Hesse and not till later with my Government? he exclaimed in anger. He was tired of the throne, tired of European politics. His nerves were overstrung, and he demanded that Prince Otto should at once leave the seat of w...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "With the Bavarian troops fighting with the Prussians against France, Prussia can hardly coerce their country. The Grand Duke of Baden had come to the headquarters; he sent one of his confidential friends to Munich to persuade Ludwig to proceed to Versailles. The Bavarian Ministe...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Not till then --he expressed himself--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The King of Bavaria has copied Bismarck's letter word for word," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ludwig the German was drunk with enthusiasm. The greatest satisfaction prevailed at headquarters. He was no longer now" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Whatever...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "to the statue of Ludwig I., where the troops were to defile past him. A brilliant suite accompanied him. The hurrahs from thousands of throats filled the air. On the royal stand the female members of the royal house were seated. Far away, down at the triumphal arch, the Uhlans'-...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I do not know if the slim Uhlan uniform would suit my stout figure!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Goldenes Kreuz. Contrary to what had taken place during the Crown Prince's visit, the meeting between the young King and the" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now it is King Ludwig's turn to pay a return visit to Berlin, said a friend to Secretary Eisenhart." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The King is not very fond of official journeys, remarked Eisenhart." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nor is it necessary, an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Pleckenau," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ludwig gave orders for his horses to be put to at once. A breakfast which he had ordered, and paid for with eighty guldens, was left untouched. He returned to Hohenschwangau with the same speed with which he had left it. His mother greeted him from her window. Laughing, he calle...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Prince Otto came to take leave before his return to Munich. He was looking pale and wretched. He sat in front of me, apparently suffering from cold shivering fits, while I developed to him the necessity of our making common cause in military and diplomatic affairs. I could not m...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "His eyes are sinisterly beautiful; future madness shines from them!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is not pleasant to be swallowed up, he often repeated. Wilhelm I. had, in 1872, sent him the Order of the Black Eagle; but the envoy conveying it had been unable to gain an audience of the King, despite the earnest representations of the Prussian Minister at Munich. At last, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ludwig." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "acquaintance, and Elizabeth was at some pains to induce him to receive her favourite child. But he would not be disturbed in his quiet." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't know why the Empress is always telling me about her Valerie, he said to one of those near hi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "National, worked up a strong feeling against him and his Ministers. In reality, this party was less national than the other; for the Catholic Church is international in its principle and in its entire organisation, the threads being collected in Rome from the Catholic communitie...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "February 28th, 1870." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ludwig." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "While giving repeated expression herewith of this my will, I assure you and your colleagues of my warm recognition of your faithful resistance under difficult circumstances." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "English Garden," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "From my inmost soul I express to you, my dearest friend, my warmest and sincerest congratulations on the occasion of this day, which is of import to the whole of Germany. Success and blessing accompany the great work! I am to-day more than ever with you in thought." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ring" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ring, on which he had worked for nearly thirty years, and which the theatre at Bayreuth had been built for, to a theatre agent. Hard as the sale must have been to him, it helped him over his difficulties. The" }, { "from": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I will not write another note. My work is complete! I have successfully and victoriously accomplished my mission, despite the hostile onrush of a world of opponents." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "His beauty belongs to the romantic type. His dark eyes are dreamy and full of enthusiasm. His handsome face, elegant personality, and dignified bearing at once win admiration and sympathy. He is in possession of all the graces of youth, its illusions and enthusiasm; but at the s...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ludwig." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Brilliant Nazzi." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Will you now be good enough to sing the air for me? I should like to know if I have sung it right. On one occasion, when Nachbaur was ill, Ludwig wrote to him:" }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Moreover, he wished to see among those depicted the composer Gluck, who was at that time attached to the French court. The artist Ille had been commanded by Ludwig to paint five large pictures with subjects from the legend of" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Lohengrin,...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "His Majesty had ordered that the representation should begin at twelve o'clock at night, she tells us. All that was to be seen through the peephole was the brightly lighted proscenium. Absolute silence reigned; even the workmen wore felt slippers. At the stroke of twelve a bell ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When the Christmas presents were distributed, Ludwig was given some wooden bricks with which to construct a triumphal arch. I saw buildings by him which were excellent. I find a striking likeness between the future Ludwig II. and the politically defunct Ludwig I.!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Blue Grotto, a copy of the grotto at Capri, and the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hunding-Hütte," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "surrounds three islands: Herrenchiemsee, Frauenchiemsee, and the uninhabited Krautinsel. Herrenchiemsee, or" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Herrenwörth," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have seen your wife to-day! The secretary bowed in silence, being uncertain what this utterance might mean." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have seen your wife to-day!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Your Majesty! it would make us laughable if we did such a thing! Ludwig was so much annoyed at this" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The man who ceases to associate with educated women becomes coarse; but when, in addition, he avoids association with educated men, he is wholly and entirely lost!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Continue as you have begun, in your arduous and difficult but beautiful ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How good it is to hear the unvarnished truth! he said to Councillor Bürckel. The latter, who knew the new favourite better, answered shortly:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Your Majesty! truth and impertinence are two different things!" }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When he approached Brunnen on board the steamer Italia, the banks were covered with spectators. Ludwig was incapable of repressing his displeasure, which increased the more when he discovered that all the houses along the banks of the lake were decorated with flags in his honour...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is a hotel and not a castle; I will not remain here! A few days later he took the villa" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Guttenberg," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If we had to elect a king for ourselves, our choice could not fall on any other than Ludwig II. of Bavaria." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, you are tired, are you? Rest, then!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Herr Marquis, Herr Didier has not yet come!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Let him rest, answered Ludwig;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Swiss châlet at Hohenschwangau, the 31st July, 1881, at night." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hat Ludwig dir in königlicher Grösse Gezeigt des Herzens Tiefen ohne Scheu. Du warst gewiss, da du sie bloss jetzt legest, Dem todten, hohen Freunde wenig treu." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Most Gracious" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Queen will not be admitted to the King, they said;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Falkenstein," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do they not know, he exclaimed," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "His pressing need for money rendered him apt to regard every unknown person as a dun." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yesterday when I was driving, he said to his barber," }, { "from"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Obey me, Hesselschwerdt, or you may pay dearly for it!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The King has nothing more to order, answered Holnstein." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is his Royal Highness, Prince Luitpold, who now reigns." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why should I flee? he asked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If any real danger threatened me, Karl would have written to me !" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Karl" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Run as quickly as possible, said he." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I require nothing in writing! I know only one command, and that comes from his Majesty! The gentlemen now attempted entrance by force; but the gendarme remained firm to his orders, and threatened to shoot down every person who should dare to penetrate into the castle. He raised ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This man is attached to me," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dear Baroness, he said in his most amiable tone," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Baroness would not agree to this, but implored Ludwig instantly to go to Munich." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I will do so, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I was particularly honoured with his esteem, the Prince once said. [34]" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We corresponded on important political questions until the last years of his life. When he expressed his views he was as amiable towards my person as he was intelle...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You know how greatly I wish you to remain with me, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Telegraph to my uncle and ask him if he will not consent to my keeping you. The Count did this, but the answer to his request was short and decided:" }, { "from": "huma...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do you know these women? he asked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Are they speaking the truth?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I do not wish any human life to be sacrificed for my sake," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To think, he said to his ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have no money with which to reward you, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Receive instead my clasp and this note of hand. If they compel you to give up the diamonds, my document will insure you a compensation of 25,000 marks. He gave him, in addition, his pra...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Will the people do nothing then to liberate their King? His servant answered:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Your Majesty! the people have no weapons!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Your Majesty! this is the saddest task I have ever undertaken in my life. Four alienists have given a declaration as to the state of your Majesty's health. In consequence of this Prince Luitpold has assumed the Regency. I have received orders to accompany your Majesty to Schloss...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Gudden looks at me in such a curious way, he said several times to his mother's Grand Mistress of the Court." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I only hope he won't discover something to say about me too." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I am glad, Sauer, tha...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How many gendarmes are there in the park to guard me? he asked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Six or eight, your Majesty." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Would they in case of emergency shoot at me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How can you...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bavaria's unhappiest mother expired on the 17th of May, 1889, at Hohenschwangau, where she had lived the full and happy years of her youth. With the words:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "God save Bavaria, God save Prussia!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ludwig II., König von Bayern (Ein characterbild)." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ludwig II., König von Bayern." }, { "from": "human", "value": "König Ludwig und Richard Wagner." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Die bayerrischen Königsschlösser im...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Otto, Freiherr von Völderndorff: Vom Reichskanzler, Fürsten von Hohenlohe" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Und sei's als letzter Wunsch gesprochen, Dass noch dereinst dein Auge sieht, Wie über's Reich ununterbrochen Vom Fels zum Meer dein Adler zieht." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ludwig II., König von Bayern. Ein characterbild" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Holnstein aus Bayern" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "König Ludwig II. und Fürst Bismarck im Jahre 1870." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Gedanken und Erinnerungen, v. ii., and" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Kaiser Friedrich in Versailles," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "König Ludwig II. und Fürst...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Unter den vier ersten Königen Bayerns" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You have seen her?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "One--two--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Primitive Culture." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There remains the mystery of Thursday Smith to fathom, you know." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Religion is for the man in humble life, and to raise his nature, and to put him in mind of a state in which the privileges of opulence will cease, when he will be equal by nature, and may be more than equal by virtue." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Cheap Repository."...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It will be such weather as pleases me, answered the shepherd. Though the answer was delivered in the mildest and most civil tone that could be imagined, the gentleman thought the words themselves rather rude and surly, and asked him how that could be." }, { "from": "gpt"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yours is a troublesome life, honest friend, said he." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To be sure, sir, replied the shepherd," }, { "from": "human", "value": "" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You are exposed to great cold and heat, said the gentle...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Indeed I am afraid I make too bold, sir, for it better becomes me to listen to such a gentleman as you seem to be, than to talk in my poor way: but as I was saying, sir, I wonder all working men do not derive as great joy and delight as I do from thinking how God has honored pov...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "So you see sir, I am not so badly off as many are; nay, if it were not that it costs me so much in 'pothecary's stuff for my poor wife, I should reckon myself well off; nay I do reckon myself well off, for blessed be God, he has granted her life to my prayers, and I would work m...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sir, said the shepherd," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I will not tell you what we suffered during the bitter weather, sir, but my wife's faith and patience during that trying time, were as good a lesson to me as any sermon I could hear, and yet Mr. Jenkins gave us very comfortable ones too, that helped to keep up my spirits." }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well! I went home with great spirits at this seasonable and unexpected supply; for we had tapped our last sixpence, and there was little work to be had on account of the weather; I told my wife I had not come back empty-handed. 'No, I dare say not,' says she, 'you have been serv...