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A Prudent mother will not clothe her little childe with a long and cumbersome garment; she easily forsees what events it is like to produce, at the best but falls and bruises, or perhaps somewhat worse, much more will the alwise God proportion his dispensations according to the Stature and Strength of the person he bestows them on.
Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Campbell, Helen, 1839-1918 1890
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A Prudent mother will not clothe her little childe with a long and cumbersome garment; she easily forsees what events it is like to produce, at the best but falls and bruises, or perhaps somewhat worse, much more will the alwise God proportion his dispensations according to the Stature and Strength of the person he bestows them on.
Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Helen Campbell 1878
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Take her in the humour your wise and alwise noble onnur.
Anna St. Ives Thomas Holcroft 1777
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