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"ref": "1860, Jedediah Vincent Huntington, Rosemary: or, Life or Death, D.&J. Sadler, Co, published 1860, page 175",
"text": "\"And you - you darling!\" - addressing the astonished Rosemary - \"will you love your grandmamma? Kiss me, my child.\" - - -\n\"Oh, you tell fibs!\" cried the child. \"My name is Rose Marie Romarin - is it not, Grandpa?\"",
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