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Presently, after this was at an end, my mother died, and I was left at liberty to mourn her loss awhile.
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One may be happy to a good degree, I think, in a faithful friend, a moderate fortune, and a retired life; further than this I know nothing to wish; but if there be anything beyond it, I wish it you.
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but to have the spleen, and to dream upon't, is a punishment I would not wish my greatest enemy