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She told her father Mr. Abram Colhard that she did not like it at all being one being living then. He never said anything. She was afraid then, she was one needing charming stories and happy telling of them and not having that thing she was always trembling.

She told her father Mr. Abram Colhard that she did not like it at all being one being living then. He never said anything. She was afraid then, she was one needing charming stories and happy telling of them and not having that thing she was always trembling.

Approximate author period: c. 1910 AD · modern

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Gertrude Stein
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1910 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1874 to 1946; Wikidata Q188385, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188385 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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