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As a rule, indeed, grown-up people are fairly correct on matters of fact; it is in the higher gift of imagination that they are so sadly to seek.

— Kenneth Grahame The Golden Age. The Finding of the Princess (1895)

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Don't, for goodness' sake, keep on saying 'Don't;' I hear so much of it, and it's monotonous, and makes me tired.

Dream Days (1898)

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There's a misunderstanding somewhere, and I want to put it right. The fact is, this is a good dragon.

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The most modest and retiring dragon in the world, if he's as big as four cart-horses and covered with blue scales, cannot keep altogether out of the public view.

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