Please to blot out gentle hearted, and substitute drunken dog, ragged head, seld-shaven, odd-ey'd, stuttering, or any other epithet which truly and properly belongs to the Gentleman in question.
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For God's sake (I never was more serious), don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print.
Permalink to quote #3 Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see a mountain in my life.
Permalink to quote #5 I have had playmates, I have had companions, In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days- All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
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