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Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
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Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
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William Shakespeare. (15641616) (continued) 717Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Quotations 1919
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"Oh, Daddy," the little boy sobbed, with the wisdom born of adversity,
The End of the Rainbow Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918
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[13] That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity,
XCIV. Book IV 1909
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_ Sir, and ye in the world have trouble or adversity,
"Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays Anonymous 1902
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In spite of his defeats, his long and ineffectual struggle with adversity,
The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons Ernest Christopher Dowson 1883
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Through days of sore afflictions and dire adversity,
Riley Songs of Home James Whitcomb Riley 1882
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Sir, and ye in the world have sorrow or adversity,
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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Beerothite, and said to them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
The Holy Bible: Webster's Bible Anonymous 1833
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