Trials and triumphs; comprising The convict's daughter and The convert's daughter [by D. Richardson].Smith, Elder and Company, 1834 - 333 pages |
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Page 351 - For though I made you sorry with a letter. I do not repent, though I did repent ; for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
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