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“A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Seasons. Summer. Line 1285.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 46d359eb40136d76546ed5d39aa94b82f9a8247460d9c58c1d27cfee412652e4
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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