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“I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling!”
Provenance
- Source:
- Epistle to a Young Friend.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 1bf76c0b1975885f502a2d68308a7eb52b7aa5f44ccc650ef178a6758fa9bca0
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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