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His next Station, is a State of Misery; Fears torment him, Hopes distract him, Cares perplex him, Enemies assault him, Friends betray,
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His next Station, is a State of Misery; Fears torment him, Hopes distract him, Cares perplex him, Enemies assault him, Friends betray,
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With lifted hands toward the lights that beam but to betray,
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 28, 1891 Various
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Earthly children may forsake me, earthly friends perhaps betray,
Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers Benj. N. Martin
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Let not suggestion of thy flesh thy conscience thee betray,
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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Trace their slight bands, their secret haunts betray,
Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray,
The Vicar of Wakefield Oliver Goldsmith 1752
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With blushless front you durst your friend betray,
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And flop the fource whence all his ppwer he draws I His country's rights to foreign foes betray,
The Lady's Poetical Magazine, Or, Beauties of British Poetry 1781
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They now thofe very armies pay By which they were forc'd to yield to you j Their ancient birthright they betray,
The Works of the English Poets.: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical 1779
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