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But was you not afraid, good sir, when you see him come with his club?""It is my duty," said he, "to distrust mine own ability, that I may have reliance on him that is stronger than all".
But was you not afraid, good sir, when you see him come with his club?""It is my duty," said he, "to distrust mine own ability, that I may have reliance on him that is stronger than all".
Approximate author period: c. 1658 AD · renaissance
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- John Bunyan
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- Approximate author period: c. 1658 AD · renaissance
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