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That inexhaustible good-nature, which is the most precious gift of Heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
That inexhaustible good-nature, which is the most precious gift of Heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
Approximate author period: c. 1821 AD · industrial
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- Washington Irving
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- Approximate author period: c. 1821 AD · industrial
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 104 · printed citation: Washington Irving · subject: Good-humor
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