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“The landlady and Tam grew gracious Wi' favours secret, sweet, and precious.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Tam o' Shanter.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- e4f5b18f8e2ccfd2ac7bbb9873ecb0b7b3ddb88a727de7bd2d29b0b11831002b
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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