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In his moments of pride he had said all those things, half in fun and half in earnest, and he began to wonder how he could have been so many kinds of a fool for so long without realising it.
In his moments of pride he had said all those things, half in fun and half in earnest, and he began to wonder how he could have been so many kinds of a fool for so long without realising it.
Approximate author period: c. 1889 AD · industrial
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- Paul Laurence Dunbar
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- Approximate author period: c. 1889 AD · industrial
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