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Strangers & Wayfarers
Strangers & Wayfarers Text
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| 1 | a perturbed old countrywoman | a perturbed old country woman |
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as soon as she had recovered herself | as soon as she recovered herself |
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an' being broke o' my rest | an' bein' broke o' my rest |
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an' live twenty-two miles from where | an' live forty-two miles from where |
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and go 'long some o' my own folks | and go 'long o' some o' my own folks |
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the misery o' movin', an'
She's an [an'] old creatur', mousin' there's goin' to be for me." |
the misery o' changin', an'
She's an old creatur', mousin' there's goin' to be for me!" |
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'prove of nothing Is'iah
an' p'r'aps [p'r'haps] 't is his misfortune |
'prove of anything Is'iah
an' p'r'aps 't is his misfortune |
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Where do you s'pose they be all goin'?
quite up to the average, be they? |
Where do you suppose they be all goin'?
quite up to the everage, be they? |
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I did undertake to read it over
awful tedious readin' and my head |
I did ondertake to read it over
awful tedious, and my head |
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that she would never be persuaded | that she never would be persuaded |
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had written a letter for her | had written for her |
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be all that she could save | be all she could save |
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brought our former journey freshly to my mind. I had last heard from her just after she got to Shrewsbury | brought our journey freshly to my mind. I had heard from her last just after she got to Shrewsbury |
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come back to live, but she wouldn't hear of it, and thought they would miss too many privileges. She has been going to concerts and lectures this winter | come back to live; but she wouldn't hear of it, and thought they would miss too many privileges. She has been going to concerts this winter |
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She's be'n extry smart | She's b'en extry smart |
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I wondered what had become of the cat | I wonder what has become of the cat |