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Better trust all and be deceived , And weep that trust , and that deceiving , Than doubt one heart that , if believed , Had blessed one's life with that believing . MRS . BUTLER . Early on the following morning , Isabel sent to announce ...
Better trust all and be deceived , And weep that trust , and that deceiving , Than doubt one heart that , if believed , Had blessed one's life with that believing . MRS . BUTLER . Early on the following morning , Isabel sent to announce ...
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Page 202 - BETTER trust all and be deceived, And weep that trust and that deceiving, Than doubt one heart that, if believed, Had blessed one's life with true believing. Oh, in this mocking world, too fast The doubting fiend o'ertakes our youth; Better be cheated to the last Than lose the blessed hope of truth.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Isabel Denison Volume 1 of The Discipline of Life, Lady Emily Ponsonby |
| Author | Lady Emily Ponsonby |
| Publisher | H. Colburn, 1848 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 10 Dec 2007 |
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