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Speaking at the University of the Western Cape, Asmal said it was time to again consider an amnesty to provide some solace to the thousands who had lost their homes, documents and their hopes,
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The weight that drags to earth his towering hopes,
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I found that of an envelope addressed to Matthew Clarke, on board the Marion, Woolwich; on other scraps I found allusions to the unfortunate situation of the individual addressed, with hopes,
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The widow had to-day no son left to support her steps homeward to the desolate house in the Gulden Strasse, now bereaved of her twin hopes,
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And therefore what is slypperie and transitorie flye and eschewe, despise that pleasure which bringeth shame and repentance, vaine hopes,
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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Wishing you success from all my heart, and assuring you of my continued prayers for the realisation of your highest hopes,
Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand 1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi 1927
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Till freighted with treasure – tho'ts, friendships, and hopes,
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That warmer days would come; in these seard hopes,
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And, driving out to South Kensington, we talked over our hopes,
The Message 1912
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From words and looks, no innocent fears and hopes,
Act I. Scene III 1909
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