The Skeleton in the Cupboard, Volume 1Saunders, Otley, 1860 |
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Page 185 - Oh, careless words ! careless words ! do the speakers of careless words ever think them over again afterwards, and repeat them to themselves ? sift them ? weigh them ? and see what amount of pain, grief, or vexation their utterance may have inflicted?
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