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But, when the goddess' work is done,
The woman's still remains.


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Which I wish to remark,
And my language is plain,
That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain,
The heathen Chinee is peculiar,
Which the same I would rise to explain.


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Howbeit, though no scholar, I am not one of those who misuse the English speech, and, being foolishly led by the hasty custom of scriveners and printers to write the letters "T" and "H" joined together, which resembleth a "Y," do incontinently jump to the conclusion the THE is pronounced "Ye,"—the like of which I never heard in all England.

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Bret Harte

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Born: August 25, 1836
Died: May 5, 1902 (aged 65)
Bio: Francis Bret Harte was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush.
Known for:
  1. The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1902)
  2. The Luck of Roaring Camp (1868)
  3. Tennessee's Partner (1902)
  4. Plain Language from Truthful James (1870)
  5. In a Hollow of the Hills (1895)

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