"The occasion of this sadness is expressed in a word, but must be considered in many more, as being the principal concernment both of the Text and Time."

Time, Being, Sadness, Word

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"The occasion of this sadness is expressed in a word, but must be considered in many more, as being the principal concernment both of the Text and Time."

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