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6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0003.flac | 1 | my father | my father, | my father, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0005.flac | 0.69 | therefore | therefore, | therefore, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0008.flac | 1.28 | i offer it to you | I offer it to you. | I offer it to you. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0011.flac | 2.95 | you knew his brother panda and his captains | you knew his brother Panda and his captains, | you knew his brother Panda and his captains, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0013.flac | 0.9 | his servant | his servant, | his servant, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0014.flac | 1.8 | who slew him with the princes | who slew him with the Princes. | who slew him with the Princes. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0016.flac | 2.98 | you have crowned their kings and shared their counsels | you have crowned their kings and shared their counsels, | you have crowned their kings and shared their counsels, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0019.flac | 4.72 | a song has been sung in my ears of how first you mastered this people of the zulu | a song has been sung in my ears of how first you mastered this people of the Zulu. | a song has been sung in my ears of how first you mastered this people of the Zulu. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0024.flac | 1.42 | and when they grew weary | And when they grew weary, | And when they grew weary, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0025.flac | 1.54 | did you not stand and say | did you not stand and say, | did you not stand and say, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0026.flac | 1.7 | pointing towards the ocean | pointing towards the ocean: | pointing towards the ocean: | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0027.flac | 1.17 | kill me if you wish | “Kill me if you wish, | Kill me if you wish, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0029.flac | 5.84 | but i tell you that for every drop of my blood a hundred avengers shall rise from yonder sea | but I tell you that for every drop of my blood a hundred avengers shall rise from yonder sea!” | but I tell you that for every drop of my blood a hundred avengers shall rise from yonder sea! | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0030.flac | 0.35 | then | Then, | Then, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0031.flac | 1.2 | so it was told me | so it was told me, | so it was told me, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0032.flac | 3.26 | the regiments turned staring towards the black water | the regiments turned staring towards the Black Water, | the regiments turned staring towards the Black Water, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0036.flac | 2.96 | your name became great among the people of the zulu | your name became great among the people of the Zulu, | your name became great among the people of the Zulu, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0037.flac | 2.96 | as already it was great among many another tribe | as already it was great among many another tribe, | as already it was great among many another tribe, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0040.flac | 1.24 | the royal salute | the royal salute, | the royal salute, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0045.flac | 1.89 | why did you do this my father | Why did you do this, my father? | Why did you do this, my father? | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0046.flac | 2.06 | i will answer who know the truth | I will answer, who know the truth. | I will answer, who know the truth. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0047.flac | 1.18 | you did it because | You did it because, | You did it because, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0048.flac | 1.35 | had it not been done | had it not been done, | had it not been done, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0053.flac | 2.73 | perhaps it had been better to leave it since | Perhaps it had been better to leave it, since | Perhaps it had been better to leave it, since | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0054.flac | 1.88 | death chooses for himself | “Death chooses for himself,” | "Death chooses for himself," | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0055.flac | 3.12 | and after all there was killing of our own people | and after all there was killing—of our own people, | and after all there was killing-of our own people, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0058.flac | 3.25 | but in those days we did not guess what we should live to see | But in those days we did not guess what we should live to see, | But in those days we did not guess what we should live to see, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0066.flac | 1.37 | it will be forgotten | it will be forgotten, | it will be forgotten, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0068.flac | 2.09 | only your name will not be forgotten | Only your name will not be forgotten; | Only your name will not be forgotten; | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0069.flac | 3.45 | as it was heard in life so it shall be heard in story | as it was heard in life so it shall be heard in story, | as it was heard in life so it shall be heard in story, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0071.flac | 1.15 | however humbly | however humbly, | however humbly, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0072.flac | 1.8 | mine may pass down with it | mine may pass down with it. | mine may pass down with it. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0074.flac | 4.58 | and i must leave the ways of action that i love and bury myself in books | and I must leave the ways of action that I love and bury myself in books, | and I must leave the ways of action that I love and bury myself in books, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0075.flac | 2.64 | but the old days and friends are in my mind | but the old days and friends are in my mind, | but the old days and friends are in my mind, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0076.flac | 3.32 | nor while i have memory shall i forget them and you | nor while I have memory shall I forget them and you. | nor while I have memory shall I forget them and you. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0111.flac | 1.74 | elephant that is not turned | Elephant that is not turned! | Elephant that is not turned! | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0112.flac | 1.98 | you who nursed us from of old | You who nursed us from of old! | You who nursed us from of old! | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0113.flac | 3.56 | you who overshadowed all peoples and took charge of them | You who overshadowed all peoples and took charge of them, | You who overshadowed all peoples and took charge of them, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0115.flac | 2.22 | help of the fatherless when in trouble | Help of the fatherless when in trouble! | Help of the fatherless when in trouble! | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0118.flac | 9.46 | preface the writer of this romance has been encouraged to his task by a purpose somewhat beyond that of setting out a wild tale of savage life | PREFACE The writer of this romance has been encouraged to his task by a purpose somewhat beyond that of setting out a wild tale of savage life. | PREFACE The writer of this romance has been encouraged to his task by a purpose somewhat beyond that of setting out a wild tale of savage life. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0119.flac | 5.84 | when he was yet a lad now some seventeen years ago fortune took him to south africa | When he was yet a lad,—now some seventeen years ago,—fortune took him to South Africa. | When he was yet a lad,-now some seventeen years ago,-fortune took him to South Africa. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0120.flac | 2.14 | there he was thrown in with men who | There he was thrown in with men who, | There he was thrown in with men who, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0121.flac | 1.68 | for thirty or forty years | for thirty or forty years, | for thirty or forty years, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0122.flac | 3.06 | had been intimately acquainted with the zulu people | had been intimately acquainted with the Zulu people, | had been intimately acquainted with the Zulu people, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0123.flac | 0.99 | with their history | with their history, | with their history, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0125.flac | 1.07 | and their customs | and their customs. | and their customs. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0126.flac | 2.62 | from these he heard many tales and traditions | From these he heard many tales and traditions, | From these he heard many tales and traditions, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0128.flac | 0.59 | perhaps | perhaps, | perhaps, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0129.flac | 1.63 | are rarely told nowadays | are rarely told nowadays, | are rarely told nowadays, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0130.flac | 3.02 | and in time to come may cease to be told altogether | and in time to come may cease to be told altogether. | and in time to come may cease to be told altogether. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0132.flac | 2 | now that nation has been destroyed | now that nation has been destroyed, | now that nation has been destroyed, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0133.flac | 5.78 | and the chief aim of its white rulers is to root out the warlike spirit for which it was remarkable | and the chief aim of its white rulers is to root out the warlike spirit for which it was remarkable, | and the chief aim of its white rulers is to root out the warlike spirit for which it was remarkable, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0134.flac | 3.26 | and to replace it by a spirit of peaceful progress | and to replace it by a spirit of peaceful progress. | and to replace it by a spirit of peaceful progress. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0136.flac | 2.66 | perhaps the most wonderful that the world has seen | perhaps the most wonderful that the world has seen, | perhaps the most wonderful that the world has seen, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0137.flac | 1.84 | is already a thing of the past | is already a thing of the past; | is already a thing of the past; | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0140.flac | 2.5 | building it up from the smallest beginnings | building it up from the smallest beginnings. | building it up from the smallest beginnings. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0141.flac | 2.56 | when he appeared at the commencement of this century | When he appeared at the commencement of this century, | When he appeared at the commencement of this century, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0142.flac | 2.74 | it was as the ruler of a single small tribe | it was as the ruler of a single small tribe; | it was as the ruler of a single small tribe; | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0143.flac | 0.8 | when he fell | when he fell, | when he fell, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0144.flac | 1.92 | in the year eighteen twenty eight | in the year 1828, | in the year eighteen twenty eight, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0149.flac | 1.46 | as he is called also | as he is called also, | as he is called also, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0151.flac | 4.48 | and in his march to power he had slaughtered more than a million human beings | and in his march to power he had slaughtered more than a million human beings. | and in his march to power he had slaughtered more than a million human beings. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0154.flac | 2.18 | so no more need be said of them here | so no more need be said of them here. | so no more need be said of them here. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0157.flac | 1.06 | has been to convey | has been to convey, | has been to convey, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0158.flac | 1.33 | in a narrative form | in a narrative form, | in a narrative form, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0160.flac | 1.37 | and to make accessible | and to make accessible, | and to make accessible, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0161.flac | 1.38 | in a popular shape | in a popular shape, | in a popular shape, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0162.flac | 2.05 | incidents of history which are now | incidents of history which are now, | incidents of history which are now, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0164.flac | 3.24 | only to be found in a few scarce works of reference | only to be found in a few scarce works of reference, | only to be found in a few scarce works of reference, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0165.flac | 1.21 | rarely consulted | rarely consulted, | rarely consulted, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0167.flac | 3.48 | it will be obvious that such a task has presented difficulties | It will be obvious that such a task has presented difficulties, | It will be obvious that such a task has presented difficulties, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0169.flac | 4.5 | and think with the mind and speak with the voice of a zulu of the old regime | and think with the mind and speak with the voice of a Zulu of the old regime. | and think with the mind and speak with the voice of a Zulu of the old regime. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0171.flac | 2.58 | their details have therefore been suppressed | their details have, therefore, been suppressed. | their details have, therefore, been suppressed. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0172.flac | 1.4 | still much remains | Still much remains, | Still much remains, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0174.flac | 2.44 | may be invited to leave this book unread | may be invited to leave this book unread. | may be invited to leave this book unread. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0176.flac | 1.45 | indeed nearly all | indeed nearly all, | indeed nearly all, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0181.flac | 1.4 | for the reason given | for the reason given, | for the reason given, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0183.flac | 4.52 | and that he prophesied of the coming of the white man after receiving his death wounds | and that he prophesied of the coming of the white man after receiving his death wounds. | and that he prophesied of the coming of the white man after receiving his death wounds. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0185.flac | 2.56 | it is impossible to speak so certainly | it is impossible to speak so certainly. | it is impossible to speak so certainly. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0188.flac | 2.84 | but he cannot discover any confirmation of it | ; but he cannot discover any confirmation of it. | but he cannot discover any confirmation of it. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0190.flac | 4.52 | these kings undoubtedly put their soldiers to many tests of equal severity | these kings undoubtedly put their soldiers to many tests of equal severity. | these kings undoubtedly put their soldiers to many tests of equal severity. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0191.flac | 4.38 | umbopo or mopo as he is named in this tale actually lived | Umbopo, or Mopo, as he is named in this tale, actually lived. | Umbopo, or Mopo, as he is named in this tale, actually lived. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0193.flac | 1.96 | then he disappears from the scene | Then he disappears from the scene, | Then he disappears from the scene, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0194.flac | 2.92 | but it is not accurately known whether he also went | but it is not accurately known whether he also went | but it is not accurately known whether he also went | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0200.flac | 3.98 | which has been considerably varied to suit the purposes of this romance | which has been considerably varied to suit the purposes of this romance. | which has been considerably varied to suit the purposes of this romance. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0202.flac | 2.18 | among the zulus and amatongas | “Among the Zulus and Amatongas. | Among the Zulus and Amatongas. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0203.flac | 1.62 | i heard a story the other day | “I heard a story the other day,” | "I heard a story the other day," | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0204.flac | 0.78 | he says | he says, | he says, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0207.flac | 3.78 | i might have worked up into a first class sensational novel | I might have worked up into a first-class sensational novel. | I might have worked up into a first-class sensational novel. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0208.flac | 3.52 | it is the story that has been woven into the plot of this book | It is the story that has been woven into the plot of this book. | It is the story that has been woven into the plot of this book. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0210.flac | 4.96 | it was told to mister leslie by the zulu who performed the feat and thereby won a wife | it was told to Mr. Leslie by the Zulu who performed the feat and thereby won a wife. | it was told to Mister Leslie by the Zulu who performed the feat and thereby won a wife. | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0211.flac | 2.64 | also the writer's thanks are due to his friends | Also the writer's thanks are due to his friends, | Also the writer's thanks are due to his friends, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0213.flac | 1.82 | late zulu border agent | late Zulu border agent, | late Zulu border agent, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0214.flac | 4.46 | for much information given to him in bygone years by word of mouth | for much information given to him in bygone years by word of mouth, | for much information given to him in bygone years by word of mouth, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0218.flac | 2.51 | formerly treasurer to the government of natal | formerly treasurer to the Government of Natal, | formerly treasurer to the Government of Natal, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0219.flac | 1.16 | whose compilation | whose compilation, | whose compilation, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0220.flac | 1.35 | the annals of natal | “The Annals of Natal,” | "The Annals of Natal," | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0228.flac | 1.38 | watcher of the fords | “Watcher of the Fords,” | "Watcher of the Fords," | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0232.flac | 1.59 | is an historical weapon | is an historical weapon, | is an historical weapon, | |
6097 | audio/6097_clean/14411/nada_lily_00_haggard_0235.flac | 2.37 | he was an arbitrary person for | He was an arbitrary person, for | He was an arbitrary person, for |