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Ther's things as is known to we , ” I says , as we can't tell , not to nobody . ” I had to put the poor woman's mind to rest , and besides , there's no knowing what I can do when I sets myself to it . ' Thomas William Thompson .
Ther's things as is known to we , ” I says , as we can't tell , not to nobody . ” I had to put the poor woman's mind to rest , and besides , there's no knowing what I can do when I sets myself to it . ' Thomas William Thompson .
Page 141
But the woman sobbed as he pressed her hand , and she said to him , ' Tell me then who thou art . ' Then the man cried , ' Who learns that , dies . Thou askest me in vain ; I will not tell thee who I am .
But the woman sobbed as he pressed her hand , and she said to him , ' Tell me then who thou art . ' Then the man cried , ' Who learns that , dies . Thou askest me in vain ; I will not tell thee who I am .
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If you ' ll give me five shillings , I'll tell you three words you do not know . ' * Not I , my friend ; not if I know it . Tell me what are the words in English , and I'll bet the five shillings I know Gypsy for them .
If you ' ll give me five shillings , I'll tell you three words you do not know . ' * Not I , my friend ; not if I know it . Tell me what are the words in English , and I'll bet the five shillings I know Gypsy for them .
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| Title | The Wind on the Heath: A Gypsy Anthology |
| Editor | John Sampson |
| Compiled by | John Sampson |
| Publisher | Chatto and Windus, 1930 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 25 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 362 pages |
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