Word: sea-birds
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...Sullivan would not be bothered. A young English linguist in Dublin read the autobiography, translated it as faithfully as possible into Irish English, which clings close to the ancient singing Gaelic. Stocky Guardsman O'Sullivan, now 30, seemed satisfied with the translation. "Here is the egg of a sea-bird," writes Author E. M. Forster in a preface, "lovely, perfect, and laid this very morning." Twenty Years A-Growing is the Book-of-the-Month Club's August se lection...
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