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I shall want to have you very near to me, for I shall be wretched,
Framley Parsonage 2004
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If DeWitt Clinton's position seemed most wretched,
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander
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Their religion was a mixture of Christianity and idolatry; their manners those of the enslaved Nomades: rude, ignorant, and wretched,
History of the Moors of Spain M. Florian
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For the children of the dark are more to name than are the wretched,
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The disturbance which I heard raised in the house obliged me to comply; and, in a state of mind inconceivable wretched,
Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World 1778
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That Knowledge, Sir, wou'd make us both more wretched,
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II Aphra Behn 1664
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By the time Bruza and Grace drive off together to California, you know their only possible destination is tragedy of some sort or other, and they're getting there via wretched,
JAM! Showbiz 2010
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Who are all Excellence, should become so wretched,
The Laws of Candy Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) Francis Beaumont 1600
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When thou shalt hear how sad a thing, how wretched,
Two plays: Mantuan revels, a comedy, in five acts; Henry the Seventh, an historical tragedy, in five acts Chenevix, Richard, 1774-1830 1812
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15 His death at that time must prove to be wretched,
Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem Lesslie [Translator] Hall
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