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  1. Softly, at first, as if it hardly meant it, the snow began to fall.
  2. A pigeon a day keeps the natives away
  3. 'Only, the beastly Arctic won't freeze,'
  4. Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been.
  5. When a thing's done, it's done, and if it's not done right, do it differently next time.
  6. A lot of things were lucky,' said Daddy, and suddenly, while they were walking along, brought his hand down on John's shoulder and gave it …
  7. They found, like many explorers before them, that somehow, in their absence, they had got into trouble at home.
  8. She's got a rum job, but she knows how to do it, and to have a job and know how to do it is one of the best things in this life. And if onl…

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