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kind of people pursuing every state
“As touching Moriæ , in which Erasmus, under the name and person of Moria , which word in Greek signifies ‘folly,’ merely touches and reproves such faults and follies as he found in any kind of people pursuing every state and condition, spiritual and temporal, leaving almost none untouched.
— from The Eve of the Reformation Studies in the Religious Life and Thought of the English people in the Period Preceding the Rejection of the Roman jurisdiction by Henry VIII by Francis Aidan Gasquet

know or poor Philip either said
“Well, we didn’t find it, that’s all I know; or poor Philip, either,” said Captain Cockermuth.
— from Johnny Ludlow, Fifth Series by Wood, Henry, Mrs.


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