yfyeung/librispeech_test-clean_4-10s · Datasets at Hugging Face

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he was such a big boy that he wore high boots and carried a jack knife
seeing that i am so fine i may as well go and visit the king
for like as not they must have thought him a prince when they saw his fine cap
at the farther end of the largest hall a table was set with golden cups and golden plates in long rows
on huge silver platters were pyramids of tarts and cakes and red wine sparkled in glittering decanters
the princess sat down under a blue canopy with bouquets of roses and she let anders sit in a golden chair by her side
but you must not eat with your cap on your head she said and was going to take it off
that is a very fine cap you have he said
and it is made of mother's best yarn and she knitted it herself and everybody wants to get it away from me
he darted like an arrow through all the halls down all the stairs and across the yard
he still held on to it with both hands as he rushed into his mother's cottage
and all his brothers and sisters stood round and listened with their mouths open
but when his big brother heard that he had refused to give his cap for a king's golden crown he said that anders was a stupid
if you dressed in silk and gold from top to toe you could not look any nicer than in your little red cap
gentlemen to your posts whereupon saint aignan and villeroy took their leave
certainly sire but i must have money to do that what
he has given them with too much grace not to have others still to give if they are required which is the case at the present moment
it is necessary therefore that he should comply the king frowned
does your majesty then no longer believe the disloyal attempt
not at all you are on the contrary most agreeable to me
the news circulated with the rapidity of lightning during its progress it kindled every variety of coquetry desire and wild ambition
the king had completed his toilette by nine o'clock he appeared in an open carriage decorated with branches of trees and flowers
suddenly for the purpose of restoring peace and order spring accompanied by his whole court made his appearance
there was something in his carriage which resembled the buoyant movements of an immortal and he did not dance so much as seem to soar along
far from it sire your majesty having given no directions about it the musicians have retained it
monsieur was the only one who did not understand anything about the matter
disdainful of a success of which madame showed no acknowledgement he thought of nothing but boldly regaining the marked preference of the princess
the king who had from this moment become in reality the principal dancer in the quadrille cast a look upon his vanquished rival
upon this madame deigned to turn her eyes languishingly towards the comte observing
yes the character which your royal highness assumed is in perfect harmony with your own
she then rose humming the air to which she was presently going to dance
the arrow pierced his heart and wounded him mortally
when she perceived the young man she rose like a woman surprised in the midst of ideas she was desirous of concealing from herself
i remember now and i congratulate myself do you love any one
there cannot be a doubt he received you kindly for in fact you returned without his permission
oh mademoiselle why have i not a devoted sister or a true friend such as yourself
i have been here this quarter of an hour replied la valliere
it is too difficult replied mademoiselle de tonnay charente laughing loudly
look yonder do you not see the moon slowly rising silvering the topmost branches of the chestnuts and the oaks
exquisite soft turf of the woods the happiness which your friendship confers upon me
well said mademoiselle de tonnay charente i also think a good deal but i take care
to say nothing said montalais so that when mademoiselle de tonnay charente thinks athenais is the only one who knows it
quick quick then among the high reed grass said montalais stoop athenais you are so tall
the young girls had indeed made themselves small indeed invisible
yes but perhaps i frightened her in what way
how is it la valliere said mademoiselle de tonnay charente that the vicomte de bragelonne spoke of you as louise
good gracious has the king any right to interfere in matters of that kind
oh i am speaking seriously replied montalais and my opinion in this case is quite as good as the king's i suppose is it not louise
all about him was a tumult of bright and broken color scattered in broad splashes
his feet were red his long narrow beak with its saw toothed edges and sharp hooked tip was bright red
but here he was at a terrible disadvantage as compared with the owls hawks and eagles he had no rending claws
but suddenly straight and swift as a diving cormorant he shot down into the torrent and disappeared beneath the surface
once fairly a wing however he wheeled and made back hurriedly for his perch
it might have seemed that a trout of this size was a fairly substantial meal
the great hawk followed hurriedly to retrieve his prey from the ground
the cat growled softly picked up the prize in her jaws and trotted into the bushes to devour it
the hawk alighted on the dead branch and sat upright motionless as if surprised
the hawk sat upon the branch and watched his quarry swimming beneath the surface
as he flew his down reaching clutching talons were not half a yard above the fugitive's head
where the waves for an instant sank they came closer but not quite within grasping reach
the hawk embittered by the loss of his first quarry had become as dogged in pursuit as a weasel not to be shaken off or evaded or deceived
he had a lot of line out and the place was none too free for a long cast but he was impatient to drop his flies again on the spot where the big fish was feeding
the last drop fly as luck would have it caught just in the corner of the hawk's angrily open beak hooking itself firmly
at the sudden sharp sting of it the great bird turned his head and noticed for the first time the fisherman standing on the bank
the drag upon his beak and the light check upon his wings were inexplicable to him and appalling
in short he becomes a prominent figure in london society and if he is not careful somebody will say so
but suppose you said i'm fond of writing my people always say my letters home are good enough for punch
i've got a little idea for a play about a man and a woman and another woman and but perhaps i'd better keep the plot a secret for the moment
lend me your ear for ten minutes and you shall learn just what stagecraft is
and i should begin with a short homily on soliloquy
and so on till you get to the end when ophelia might say ah yes or something non committal of that sort
this would be an easy way of doing it but it would not be the best way for the reason that it is too easy to call attention to itself
in the old badly made play it was frequently necessary for one of the characters to take the audience into his confidence
in the modern well constructed play he simply rings up an imaginary confederate and tells him what he is going to do could anything be more natural
double nine two three elsinore double nine yes hallo is that you horatio hamlet speaking
to be or not to be that is the question whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows what no hamlet speaking
you gave me double five i want double nine hallo is that you horatio hamlet speaking
to be or not to be that is the question whether tis nobler
and there you are you will of course appreciate that the unfinished sentences not only save time but also make the manoeuvring very much more natural
the duchess of southbridge to lord reggie oh reggie what did you say
the crowd drifts off leaving the hero and heroine alone in the middle of the stage and then you can begin
a stage meal is popular because it proves to the audience that the actors even when called charles hawtrey or owen nares are real people just like you and me
re enter butler and three footmen who remove the tea things hostess to guest
in novels the hero has often pushed his meals away untasted but no stage hero would do anything so unnatural as this
but it is the cigarette which chiefly has brought the modern drama to its present state of perfection
lord john taking out gold cigarette case from his left hand upper waistcoat pocket
that summer's emigration however being mainly from the free states greatly changed the relative strength of the two parties
this was a formidable array of advantages slavery was playing with loaded dice
of the lynchings the mobs and the murders it would be impossible except in a very extended work to note the frequent and atrocious details
several hundred free state men promptly responded to the summons
the leaders of the conspiracy became distrustful of their power to crush the town
to embarrass this damaging exposure judge lecompte issued a writ against the ex governor on a frivolous charge of contempt
but the affair was magnified as a crowning proof that the free state men were insurrectionists and outlaws
their distinctive characters however display one broad and unfailing difference
their assumed character changed with their changing opportunities or necessities
footnote sumner to shannon may twelfth eighteen fifty six
private persons who had leased the free state hotel vainly besought the various authorities to prevent the destruction of their property
ten days were consumed in these negotiations but the spirit of vengeance refused to yield
he summoned half a dozen citizens to join his posse who followed obeyed and assisted him
he continued his pretended search and to give color to his errand made two arrests

he was such a big boy that he wore high boots and carried a jack knife

seeing that i am so fine i may as well go and visit the king

for like as not they must have thought him a prince when they saw his fine cap

at the farther end of the largest hall a table was set with golden cups and golden plates in long rows

on huge silver platters were pyramids of tarts and cakes and red wine sparkled in glittering decanters

the princess sat down under a blue canopy with bouquets of roses and she let anders sit in a golden chair by her side

but you must not eat with your cap on your head she said and was going to take it off

that is a very fine cap you have he said

and it is made of mother's best yarn and she knitted it herself and everybody wants to get it away from me

he darted like an arrow through all the halls down all the stairs and across the yard

he still held on to it with both hands as he rushed into his mother's cottage

and all his brothers and sisters stood round and listened with their mouths open

but when his big brother heard that he had refused to give his cap for a king's golden crown he said that anders was a stupid

if you dressed in silk and gold from top to toe you could not look any nicer than in your little red cap

gentlemen to your posts whereupon saint aignan and villeroy took their leave

certainly sire but i must have money to do that what

he has given them with too much grace not to have others still to give if they are required which is the case at the present moment

it is necessary therefore that he should comply the king frowned

does your majesty then no longer believe the disloyal attempt

not at all you are on the contrary most agreeable to me

the news circulated with the rapidity of lightning during its progress it kindled every variety of coquetry desire and wild ambition

the king had completed his toilette by nine o'clock he appeared in an open carriage decorated with branches of trees and flowers

suddenly for the purpose of restoring peace and order spring accompanied by his whole court made his appearance

there was something in his carriage which resembled the buoyant movements of an immortal and he did not dance so much as seem to soar along

far from it sire your majesty having given no directions about it the musicians have retained it

monsieur was the only one who did not understand anything about the matter

disdainful of a success of which madame showed no acknowledgement he thought of nothing but boldly regaining the marked preference of the princess

the king who had from this moment become in reality the principal dancer in the quadrille cast a look upon his vanquished rival

upon this madame deigned to turn her eyes languishingly towards the comte observing

yes the character which your royal highness assumed is in perfect harmony with your own

she then rose humming the air to which she was presently going to dance

the arrow pierced his heart and wounded him mortally

when she perceived the young man she rose like a woman surprised in the midst of ideas she was desirous of concealing from herself

i remember now and i congratulate myself do you love any one

there cannot be a doubt he received you kindly for in fact you returned without his permission

oh mademoiselle why have i not a devoted sister or a true friend such as yourself

i have been here this quarter of an hour replied la valliere

it is too difficult replied mademoiselle de tonnay charente laughing loudly

look yonder do you not see the moon slowly rising silvering the topmost branches of the chestnuts and the oaks

exquisite soft turf of the woods the happiness which your friendship confers upon me

well said mademoiselle de tonnay charente i also think a good deal but i take care

to say nothing said montalais so that when mademoiselle de tonnay charente thinks athenais is the only one who knows it

quick quick then among the high reed grass said montalais stoop athenais you are so tall

the young girls had indeed made themselves small indeed invisible

yes but perhaps i frightened her in what way

how is it la valliere said mademoiselle de tonnay charente that the vicomte de bragelonne spoke of you as louise

good gracious has the king any right to interfere in matters of that kind

oh i am speaking seriously replied montalais and my opinion in this case is quite as good as the king's i suppose is it not louise

all about him was a tumult of bright and broken color scattered in broad splashes

his feet were red his long narrow beak with its saw toothed edges and sharp hooked tip was bright red

but here he was at a terrible disadvantage as compared with the owls hawks and eagles he had no rending claws

but suddenly straight and swift as a diving cormorant he shot down into the torrent and disappeared beneath the surface

once fairly a wing however he wheeled and made back hurriedly for his perch

it might have seemed that a trout of this size was a fairly substantial meal

the great hawk followed hurriedly to retrieve his prey from the ground

the cat growled softly picked up the prize in her jaws and trotted into the bushes to devour it

the hawk alighted on the dead branch and sat upright motionless as if surprised

the hawk sat upon the branch and watched his quarry swimming beneath the surface

as he flew his down reaching clutching talons were not half a yard above the fugitive's head

where the waves for an instant sank they came closer but not quite within grasping reach

the hawk embittered by the loss of his first quarry had become as dogged in pursuit as a weasel not to be shaken off or evaded or deceived

he had a lot of line out and the place was none too free for a long cast but he was impatient to drop his flies again on the spot where the big fish was feeding

the last drop fly as luck would have it caught just in the corner of the hawk's angrily open beak hooking itself firmly

at the sudden sharp sting of it the great bird turned his head and noticed for the first time the fisherman standing on the bank

the drag upon his beak and the light check upon his wings were inexplicable to him and appalling

in short he becomes a prominent figure in london society and if he is not careful somebody will say so

but suppose you said i'm fond of writing my people always say my letters home are good enough for punch

i've got a little idea for a play about a man and a woman and another woman and but perhaps i'd better keep the plot a secret for the moment

lend me your ear for ten minutes and you shall learn just what stagecraft is

and i should begin with a short homily on soliloquy

and so on till you get to the end when ophelia might say ah yes or something non committal of that sort

this would be an easy way of doing it but it would not be the best way for the reason that it is too easy to call attention to itself

in the old badly made play it was frequently necessary for one of the characters to take the audience into his confidence

in the modern well constructed play he simply rings up an imaginary confederate and tells him what he is going to do could anything be more natural

double nine two three elsinore double nine yes hallo is that you horatio hamlet speaking

to be or not to be that is the question whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows what no hamlet speaking

you gave me double five i want double nine hallo is that you horatio hamlet speaking

to be or not to be that is the question whether tis nobler

and there you are you will of course appreciate that the unfinished sentences not only save time but also make the manoeuvring very much more natural

the duchess of southbridge to lord reggie oh reggie what did you say

the crowd drifts off leaving the hero and heroine alone in the middle of the stage and then you can begin

a stage meal is popular because it proves to the audience that the actors even when called charles hawtrey or owen nares are real people just like you and me

re enter butler and three footmen who remove the tea things hostess to guest

in novels the hero has often pushed his meals away untasted but no stage hero would do anything so unnatural as this

but it is the cigarette which chiefly has brought the modern drama to its present state of perfection

lord john taking out gold cigarette case from his left hand upper waistcoat pocket

that summer's emigration however being mainly from the free states greatly changed the relative strength of the two parties

this was a formidable array of advantages slavery was playing with loaded dice

of the lynchings the mobs and the murders it would be impossible except in a very extended work to note the frequent and atrocious details

several hundred free state men promptly responded to the summons

the leaders of the conspiracy became distrustful of their power to crush the town

to embarrass this damaging exposure judge lecompte issued a writ against the ex governor on a frivolous charge of contempt

but the affair was magnified as a crowning proof that the free state men were insurrectionists and outlaws

their distinctive characters however display one broad and unfailing difference

their assumed character changed with their changing opportunities or necessities

footnote sumner to shannon may twelfth eighteen fifty six

private persons who had leased the free state hotel vainly besought the various authorities to prevent the destruction of their property

ten days were consumed in these negotiations but the spirit of vengeance refused to yield

he summoned half a dozen citizens to join his posse who followed obeyed and assisted him

he continued his pretended search and to give color to his errand made two arrests