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1  My dear," said my mother suddenly, "take the money and run on.
Treasure Island By Robert Louis Stevenson
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2  As for hostage," he continued, "that's his last talk, I guess, with them he loves so dear.
Treasure Island By Robert Louis Stevenson
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3  And altogether I paid pretty dear for my monthly fourpenny piece, in the shape of these abominable fancies.
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4  I said good-bye to Mother and the cove where I had lived since I was born, and the dear old Admiral Benbow--since he was repainted, no longer quite so dear.
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5  Often I have heard the house shaking with "Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum," all the neighbours joining in for dear life, with the fear of death upon them, and each singing louder than the other to avoid remark.
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