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I never conceived , till now , what toil the temperance lecturers undergo for my sake . Hereafter , they shall have the business to themselves . Do , some kind Christian , pump a stroke or two , just to wet my whistle .
I never conceived , till now , what toil the temperance lecturers undergo for my sake . Hereafter , they shall have the business to themselves . Do , some kind Christian , pump a stroke or two , just to wet my whistle .
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| Title | The Fourth Reader: For the Use of Schools Volume 368 of Harvard reading textbooks preservation microfilm project The Comprehensive readers |
| Author | Samuel Griswold Goodrich |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Otis, Broaders, 1839 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 312 pages |
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