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talking all ~bout thPir \\ond<'rful country, and we
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oJonous .... unsetc; ovtr thf' c;nnd and the p:.llm . . , and
1 11;!: h t the !: lid; 11 g mot;on uf 1 h, 'h; p along lh< ·
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tlw blinding s•'rtrthlight in from, a hu~c
rnoon above, and the -.c·ns,ttion of sitting on the
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