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diminished even by the enormous expense
I shall hereafter have occasion to mention the reasons which dispose me to believe that the capital stock of Great Britain was not diminished, even by the enormous expense of the late war.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

dreaded evil but the effort exhausted
By this means I certainly escaped the dreaded evil, but the effort exhausted me very much, and I longed for the return of the warm weather, when I should be relieved from the severities of this treatment.
— from My Life — Volume 2 by Richard Wagner

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