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Dear old chap keep your
A hand grasped his own, and the speaker started as someone whispered in his ear: "Dear old chap, keep your hair on, and don't speak above your breath.
— from With Haig on the Somme by D. H. Parry

D Of course Kal You
Nek.: These maxims you endorse? Lord D.: Of course! Kal.: You won't exclaim "Oh fie!" Gold.:
— from The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Arthur Sullivan

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