Word: tell
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Silas, 't was at Bunker Hill that Grandsir Peavy fell, And how it was I s'pose you must have often heard me tell...
...Then 'I'll tell you. Bunker Hill was fought some time...
...books lie on his table. Embouchoirs stand in the corner. German pipes and schlagers adorn his mantel. Standing before you, in front of the fire, in a French plaid breakfast-jacket, large checked trousers, silk socks and pumps, only stopping now and then to light a caporal, he will tell you long yarns of his experiences at the Mabille, the Students' Balls, the Argylle Rooms, or the Alhambra; and when you get up to go, he will close his remarks by deprecating the utter dulness of America...
...CAESAR, can you tell us how Adam got out of Eden...
...Shall we tell how prowling bands...