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O Guarani 22.9 · 22.9

Nettles, thorns, and curses

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Isto sem falar das urtigas, e das unhas-de-gato, cabeçadas e quedas, que faziam o digno escudeiro arrenegar-se, e maldizer da selvajaria de semelhante terra! Ah! quem o dera nos tojos e charnecas de sua pátria!

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This without speaking of the nettles, and the cat's-claw thorns, the head-blows and falls, which made the worthy squire curse himself and rail at the savagery of such a land! Ah, would that he were in the gorse and heaths of his homeland!

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