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1  Her brother always teased her before he obeyed and I stood by the railings looking at her.
Dubliners By James Joyce
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2  Her brother and two other boys were fighting for their caps and I was alone at the railings.
Dubliners By James Joyce
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3  That was a long time ago; she and her brothers and sisters were all grown up; her mother was dead.
Dubliners By James Joyce
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4  Mahony's big sister was to write an excuse for him and Leo Dillon was to tell his brother to say he was sick.
Dubliners By James Joyce
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5  Or if Mangan's sister came out on the doorstep to call her brother in to his tea we watched her from our shadow peer up and down the street.
Dubliners By James Joyce
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6  He and his fat young brother Leo, the idler, held the loft of the stable while we tried to carry it by storm; or we fought a pitched battle on the grass.
Dubliners By James Joyce
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7  But Joe cried that God might strike him stone dead if ever he spoke a word to his brother again and Maria said she was sorry she had mentioned the matter.
Dubliners By James Joyce
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8  Mrs. Donnelly told her husband it was a great shame for him to speak that way of his own flesh and blood but Joe said that Alphy was no brother of his and there was nearly being a row on the head of it.
Dubliners By James Joyce
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