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Marse George r'ared and pitched -- Oh I tell ye he ken be mighty sof 'and persimmony when he's tame -- and he's mos' allers dat way -- but when his dander's up, and it suttinly riz to-day, he kin make de fur fly.
Kennedy Square Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876
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