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1 XVIII  |          small sum of 12 pounds a year.~“I suppose then,” said
2 XVIII  |          more than half-a-crown a year for our pet little island.”~“
3 XXV    |         without precedent. In the year 1795 a three-master, the ‘
4 XXXVIII|           The 1st of January! New Year’s Day! What a rush of sorrowful
5 XXXVIII| associated the opening of another year with new hopes, new plans,
6 XXXVIII|        another, and breathe a new year’s greeting?~The boatswain
7 XXXVIII|      going to wish me a happy new year?” I said.~“No indeed, sir,”