In the ill-judged execution of the well-judged plan of things the call…

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In the ill-judged execution of the well-judged plan of things the call seldom produces the comer, the man to love rarely coincides with the hour for loving ✨ Thomas Hardy (2008). Tess of the d'Urbervilles, p.48, OUP Oxford
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In the ill-judged execution of the well-judged plan of things the call seldom produces the comer, the man to love rarely coincides with the hour for loving ✨ Thomas Hardy (2008). Tess of the d'Urbervilles, p.48, OUP Oxford

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