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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Woman (middle-aged, respectable) would give services for home and small wage." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Would the Party who removed Petticoat from the Railway Fence, between 11th and 12th, kindly return same and save further exposure." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Times with President WILSON, wherein so much is said (by the interviewer), Mr. Punch sent forth one of his most energetic and Napoleonic young men to attempt a similarly incredible feat and obtain an interview with that most unapproachable of men--President not excluded--the...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Be seated, pray, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The world, he added after a long silence," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Everyone hopes, he remarked after another pause," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A permanent peace, he continued...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Anxious Parent pointed out that the use of" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "was unfortunate, as it irresistibly suggested" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Anti-Picador League," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Boy Simpkins, fetch your mop, me lad, and swab yon plank again. Boy Simpkins (Second Class, too!) made as though he wouldn't go, And distinctly muttered" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Blast you!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Boy Simpkins (Second Class,...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look at these munition workers, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "See what the Government is doing for them. Paying them wages all the time that they're out of work. What about me?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, you weren't on munitions." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Then, again, all misunderstandings were explained when the V.C. looked up from his hospital bed. 'Eric,' she gushed, 'you here!' And from that moment he needed no more medicine. My dear fellow, we shall want new plots now; real plots and new characters. It will be a long time be...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TO BE CALLED." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The American troops on this side are already either in the States or on their way. --_Letter in" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Daily Express." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bullock! Bullock! Anybody here name o' Bullock? --contemplatively, as she awaits answer)._" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "UMPH! NOT MUCH LIKE A BULLOCK, ARE YER?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A number of persons have booked dooms for Yuletide." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tell us again how you won the War, Great-grandma, I shall retain sufficient perspective to reply," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Granny didn't do it all alone, darlings; there were a lot of men who helped too." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Then came mo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "William who?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "WILLIAM HOHENZOLLERN, answers counsel:" }, { "from": "human", "value": "H-O-H-E-N-Z-O-double L-E-R-N." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A complicated case of false pretences, my Lord----," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hohenzollern, my Lord" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hohenzollern! Hhhohenzollern! Owen Zollern! re-echoes throughout the building." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Zollern--O-N!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are you WILLIAM HOHENZOLLERN?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Let's adjourn for lunch," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What war? asks his Lordship. Counsel thinks he can explain, but WILLIAM isn't for letting him." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Will you keep silence? says the Judge to WILLIAM." }, { "from":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "IT'S NOT A BAD LITTLE BATTLEFIELD; BUT I'M AFRAID IT'S AWFULLY UNTIDY." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "POCKET" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Beyrout, the ancient Berytus, is 55 miles WNW from Damascus. The port is strongly fortified, its walls being thre...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She watched him catch the sticklebacks which were one day to turn into frogs." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Crown Prince expressed hope he would one day be able to return to Germany and live there as a sample citizen." }, { "from": "human", "value": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hints to Beginners," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Women and young persons now employed in these works enjoy a miximum working week of fifty-five and a half hours." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "THE BABES IN THE WOOD." }, { "from": "human", "value": "This brings the Peace home to one!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "West-Endy," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Day" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The trade-mark name of tins coat--'Aquascutum'--is a Latin word, and translated into our own good English, 'Aqua,' means water. 'Scutum' means to shed. There you are--Watershed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They belileve that an not inconsiderable number of dddeeee...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "In lieu of the February Sale and Spring Show, hitherto held in April, an important sale of pure-bred bulls will be held in the Show Grounds at Ballsbridge, on Thursday and Friday, 13th and 14th March." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "After the act from _Masks and Faces...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "TAFFRAIL will find matter very much to their mind in his latest book, _A Little Ship_ (CHAMBERS). I do not wish to institute any invidious comparisons between the marine mixture as provided by" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "TAFFRAIL and that of other nautical writers...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "By the Author of _Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch_, which led me, perhaps foolishly, to hope that _Mrs. Wiggs_ and I were to foregather once more, and when we didn't made me just a little surly towards a book of short tales which, opened with any other expectation, would have se...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This royal throne of kings, This sceptical isle, this seat of Mars." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Pall Mall Gazette." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "ZEBRA," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The boy's mother is dead, and when I am gone he'll not have a friend in the world. Doctor, will you look after him? I know you will!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't let any doubt about that trouble you. I'll act a father's part towards your boy as well as I am a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He and his companions belonged to a ship of war, and they wished to be able to boast that they had made three prisoners." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Although I cannot obtain your liberty, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have sufficient influence to get leave for you and your companions to come on board my vessel and proceed with me as far as Guayaquil. I have friends there, whom I hope to interest in yo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Holloa! mio amigo Senor Duncan, come down! I want to have a talk with you. You can spare a few minutes from your books." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come down, Duncan, I want to speak to you," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have no time now, he answered;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hope to pay my respects to-morrow." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What have you to say to me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I want you to come with me to visit your friends D...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Then I'll tell Mr Laffan that I have your leave," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And that you have mine too, exclaimed my young sister Flora;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's a mighty fine day. Hugh and I will be ready to take a ride with you. I can instruct him in orthography, geography, botany, and the natural sciences, as we go along." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I did not know that you were coming, Mr Laffan, he said, lifting his hat and bowing politely;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I will remain, to forward, by every means in my power, the cause of liberty, and endeavour to advance the true liberties of the people among whom I live." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He was my best friend, sir, the truest I ever had in the world; and now he's gone and left me all alone among savages, or little better, by the way they murder each other; and we may call them heathens, too, when we see them bow down to stocks and stones." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She is beautiful and good, and full of sense and spirit, so unlike the greater number of my countrywomen, he exclaimed;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I believe there is nothing that she would not dare and do." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I quite beli...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But does Dona Dolores return your love?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hope so; I have no reason to believe that she dislikes me, he answered," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I should think that she would soon be convinced of that," }, { "from"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "These men would make good soldiers, if they could be got to join the Liberal cause," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But you'll not get them while they live under the influence of their priests, answered Juan." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The friars try...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You'll stop, now you have come, he said, shaking us all by the hand;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've been looking for you for many a day. We must have some hunting and shooting. I will send over and let your father know that I have laid an embargo on you, so that...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I sincerely hope the Spaniards will not pay a visit to this place, observed Mr Laffan to me, as Uncle Richard and Juan were walking on ahead;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Read that; if this book was written by God's command-- and I am sure it was--that's what he sa...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Duncan, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I want you and Senor Laffan to assist me in giving Dona Dolores a serenade, as soon as the shades of evening come on. You sing, and he plays the guitar. I understand that Dona Dolores is fond of music, although she tell...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I see some one on the balcony, he whispered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It must be she--how fortunate! She would consider it rude to go away when once we begin; let us lose no time." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Suppose it is only her old duenna, S...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I will not pretend to be ignorant as to who you are. You desire to speak with me; and I am willing to see you. You are welcome to come in, with your young friend, whose voice I recognise." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll go back and tell Don Ricardo that you have ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dona Dolores awaits you in her sitting-room, she said;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And perhaps some day I may accept a husband, should a suitable one be presented to me." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They are all in good order, and intended to be used, she observed." }, { "from": "human", "value": "My friend thinks it a good place to k...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I will not deny, Don Juan, that I return the love you bestow on me; but this arises from the weakness of my woman's nature. Notwithstanding this, I tell you that nothing shall induce me to marry a man who is not ready to sacrifice his life and property to obtain the enfranchisem...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Your arguments have prevailed, Dona Dolores: from henceforth I will emerge from the useless life I have hitherto led, and will devote my life to the cause of Freedom. You shall have no reason to complain of your pupil. I trust that you will hear of such deeds as you would have m...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Every man and youth--ay, every woman who has a spark of patriotism-- must take a part in the glorious work! she exclaimed. Rising from her seat, she took a sword from the wall." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Here, my Juan, let me gird you with this weapon; and when o...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You must wait a while, observed Dona Dolores, divining my thoughts;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I congratulate you on finding Dona Dolores at home," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, we had that honour," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They will run down any of the wild animals found in these forests, as well as the danta, or wild ass--the black bear, red leopard, tiger-cat, the deer, and fox; though it is necessary to follow them closely, since, not being well broken-in, they will devour their prey, if they h...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Get your guns! get your guns! he shouted." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There's a huge tiger, or a jaguar, or a beast of some sort, close at our heels; he'll be after seizing some of us, if we are not on our guard." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's not deer, observed Uncle Richard;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'm not in the habit of howling when I see a beast, but I was just now thinking to pick an orange, when the tiger-cat sprang at my throat. Faith! it was a little more than I bargained for," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is certainly what any of us would have done;...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We must push forward, for we are about to have a storm, and no slight one, observed Uncle Richard." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Fast as we may go, however, we shall not escape the whole of it." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It's well that we are in th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now let us have a dance, cried our host, jumping up;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "with a charcoal fire beneath, where they were quickly baked. They gave us some of the cakes to stay our appetites, just hot from the" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He is desperately in love, there's no doubt about that, remarked Dona Maria." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dolores will make much of him, for she is equally attached to him, though she will not acknowledge it. She is a fine spirited girl--a devoted Patriot. She conv...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You will not find me doing that a second time!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am too old myself to strike a blow for liberty, said the old man;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Those men would make sturdy soldiers, and fight bravely," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Rotten lemons, iron filings, and saltpetre, by all that is abominable! Ah, faith! there must have been poison in the cup." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Wash it out and try again, said Uncle Richard;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "You find it taste some...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's lovely, it's lovely! In truth, it reminds me of Old Ireland, barring the palm-trees, and the cacti, and the chirramoyas, and the Indian corn, and those llama beasts, exclaimed Mr Laffan. Then looking at the Indian women who were tending the poultry, he added," }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What is the matter?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "El senor doctor want to see you, Massa Duncan, in quarter less no time. Says he, You Paul Lobo, get on horseback and bring him here." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why does he want to see me? I asked an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do nothing rash, my dear Richard, she said to her husband." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is impossible to withstand the Godos." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nothing is impossible to brave men fighting in a just cause," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He has gone home to commence the career which, I trust, he will from henceforth follow, she replied." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He will endeavour to raise and arm the men on his property, as well as others from the surrounding villages. We were already aware that...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I do what massa el senor doctor does," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This city will not be a safe place for women and children, or any one else, in a short time, he observed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Those who have duties to perform must remain at their posts. I have numerous patients whom I ought not to and will not desert. I t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wish that you would accompany us, my dear brother, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If the Spaniards take the place, you are certain to be annoyed and persecuted, even should no worse consequences follow." }, { "from": "human", "value": "No, no;...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We shall here, I trust, be safe from the Spaniards; but if we hear of their coming, we must take to the mountains, where even they will be unable to find us," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But what will become of the house and estate?" }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I make you a present of him, Duncan, said Uncle Richard;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have not been idle, you see, Duncan, he observed, after we had greeted each other." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have raised fifty fine fellows, and hope to have a hundred more mounted and armed in a day or two. If every gentleman will do the same, we shall soon...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I was glad to see you just now with Don Juan, and I hope that you will obtain your father's leave to join his corps," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We have got the men, the arms, and the horses, but we all require what cannot so readily be obtained--the necessary discipline, he answered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I myself require to learn the duties of an officer, for, except that I can use a sword and lanc...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The very man I want, observed my friend." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have just raised a body of men, who require to be disciplined. You have had experience; you must join me, if you do not already belong to a regiment." }, { "from": "human", "value":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She is too probably right, for she has wonderful perception of character; but, unfortunately, I have engaged Captain Lopez to come and drill my men, and I cannot now well put him off without his considering himself insulted. However, I will remember the warning I have received, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bloodshed I fear there must be, for the Spaniards fancy that they can overthrow liberty with a few blows, and are determined to stamp it out; but they are mistaken," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't you think you can give my friend Juan a helping hand?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Faith, it's not impossible! he exclaimed, his eye brightening." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If he asks me, I'll try to brush up my knowledge of such matters." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If we had but a few British sergeants and corporals, we should make something of these fellows in a few weeks, he observed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I would be mightily obliged to the enemy if they would but wait till then; we should by that time be able to giv...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Let him go, he answered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He will do more harm to liberty inside the town than he will do without; and we cannot imprison him. If he comes as an enemy, a bullet may put a stop to his intrigues." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I intend to join Don Juan, he said;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not if I can help it, I answered." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Wait but five minutes. My father will not refuse me permission to assist in defending the walls." }, { "from": "g...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I hope we shall have an opportunity of making a sortie, exclaimed the dominie;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You will accompany me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "With all the pleasure in the world," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "These must be country-houses and farms which the Spaniards have set on fire," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I will go with you, Duncan, said Mr Laffan;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We may be riding right into the middle of a detachment of the Spaniards, if we go along at this rate. More haste, less speed! A good soldier should feel his way, when an enemy is likely to be in the neighbourhood." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We must be prepared for the worst," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The inmates must have got away before the enemy arrived," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I truly hope so," }, { "from": "human", "value": "If they escaped, they would take the road to the mountains, I suggested." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "L...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, senor; many and good cause they had to run, for the Godos put to death all they caught. We ourselves got away just in time from our cottage, which the cruel barbarians burned. They would have killed us had we remained." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are you not disposed to punish those, who have destroyed your farm?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, she exclaimed;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is little chance of that; the thieves will have carried off everything," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We shall either have to hide ourselves or ride for it! Those men are, I suspect, Spanish cavalry." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We must gallop for it, said Mr Laffan," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "On, on! cried the dominie, feeling for the pistols in his holsters, so that they might be ready at any moment." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I intend to shoot one or two fellows if they come near us,--and you must do the same, Duncan; but it will be better to keep w...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Uncle Richard, he said," } ]