This hobble of being alive is rather serious, don’t you think so? ✨ Th…

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This hobble of being alive is rather serious, don’t you think so? ✨ Thomas Hardy (2016). Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, p.151, Thomas Hardy
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This hobble of being alive is rather serious, don’t you think so? ✨ Thomas Hardy (2016). Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, p.151, Thomas Hardy

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