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"text": "The dimness of the light her candle emitted made her turn to it in alarm; but there was no danger of its sudden extinction, it had yet some hours to burn; and that she might not have any greater difficulty in distinguishing the writing than what its ancient date might occasion, she hastily snuffed it. Alas! it was snuffed and extinguished in one.",
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"ref": "1985, J. G. Thirlwell (lyrics and music), “Enter the Exterminator”, in Nail, performed by Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel:",
"text": "Too much of a coward to snuff myself\nGuess I'll just have to suffer myself",
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"word": "doven"
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