He made a very good figure, and in the glory of victory, Ethel herself began to grow proud of him, and the children’s great object in life was to make the jackdaws cry, “Rivers for ever!”
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- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3610/pg3610-images.html
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