" "There is nothing else I desire," said I. "Pray keep the pen and make me happy.
— from A Crystal Age by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
The rich folks warn't a grindin the face o' the poor, an the poor they wuzn't a hatin an a envyin o' the rich, nigh untew blood, ez they is naow, ef I dew say it.
— from The Duke of Stockbridge: A Romance of Shays' Rebellion by Edward Bellamy
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