a
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able
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all
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am
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and
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are
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as
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Bernard
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but
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by
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children
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collie
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company
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dining-room
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distinctions
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distress
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do
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dogmatic
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dogs
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drawing-room
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education
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envious
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father
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fine
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fondness
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for
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from
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gathering
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get
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going
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got
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had
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heard
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her
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herself
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how
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I
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in
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indeed
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is
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it
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keep
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know
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large
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liked
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listening
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look
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many
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mastiff
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me
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meaning
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mother
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much
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My
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myself
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neighborhood
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nice
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not
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nothing
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off
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only
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other
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over
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pocket-pup
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Presbyterian
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real
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rewarded
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said
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say
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see
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she
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show
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so
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St
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such
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Sunday-school
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surprise
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surprised
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the
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them
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then
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there
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these
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they
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This
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times
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To
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told
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trouble
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until
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was
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what
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when
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whenever
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which
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From this reading But, indeed, it was not real education; it was only show: she got the words by listening in the dining-room and drawing-room when there was company, and by going with the children to Sunday-school and listening there; and whenever she heard a large word she said it over to herself many times, and so was able to keep it until there was a dogmatic gathering in the neighborhood, then she would get it off, and surprise and distress them all, from pocket-pup to mastiff, which rewarded her for all her trouble.
with
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From this reading But, indeed, it was not real education; it was only show: she got the words by listening in the dining-room and drawing-room when there was company, and by going with the children to Sunday-school and listening there; and whenever she heard a large word she said it over to herself many times, and so was able to keep it until there was a dogmatic gathering in the neighborhood, then she would get it off, and surprise and distress them all, from pocket-pup to mastiff, which rewarded her for all her trouble.
wondering
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From this reading My mother had a fondness for such; she liked to say them, and see other dogs look surprised and envious, as wondering how she got so much education.
word
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From this reading But, indeed, it was not real education; it was only show: she got the words by listening in the dining-room and drawing-room when there was company, and by going with the children to Sunday-school and listening there; and whenever she heard a large word she said it over to herself many times, and so was able to keep it until there was a dogmatic gathering in the neighborhood, then she would get it off, and surprise and distress them all, from pocket-pup to mastiff, which rewarded her for all her trouble.
words
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From this reading To me they are only fine large words meaning nothing.
would
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From this reading But, indeed, it was not real education; it was only show: she got the words by listening in the dining-room and drawing-room when there was company, and by going with the children to Sunday-school and listening there; and whenever she heard a large word she said it over to herself many times, and so was able to keep it until there was a dogmatic gathering in the neighborhood, then she would get it off, and surprise and distress them all, from pocket-pup to mastiff, which rewarded her for all her trouble.
