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“It has been a thousand times observed, and I must observe it once more, that the hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowned with fruition.”
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- Source:
- The Hermit. Chap. x.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 72971eb3018eec50877317c6c711eb286399f84b497ceae9ec270fc50569b77e
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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