Word: tell
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Texan pony. To be sure, my early training had not been such as to make me perfect, or even very proficient, in the necessary requirements of the successful horse-dealer. Still it occurred to me that I knew one or two things about a horse; I imagined I could tell one about as far as I could see him. So I viewed my purchase with the air of a connoisseur. I regarded him as entirely an exceptional animal. He seemed to have both shapes and points; and I mentally patted myself on my back as an indication that meditative...
...exclaimed, in astonishment, "you here, weeping? Pray tell me your trouble...
...looked up, with alarm, fear, and astonishment mingled in her face. Seeing Ching, she took courage. "You are too good," she said, "but I cannot tell you - you could not help...
...must want a friend. Can you not look on me as you would on a brother? Can you not conquer your distrust of a stranger, and tell a friend...
...moment there was dead silence. Then Haricaris leaned over the railing and took the trembling boy by the hair. "Child," she said, in a solemn voice, "who was your Sunday-school teacher? Did you ever go to Sunday-school? Tell me at once what were the dimensions of the Tabernacle, and what was the first month of the Hebrew year...