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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalm 39:5:",
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"text": "[…] I saw the library casement open a handbreadth; I knew I might be watched thence; so I went apart into the orchard.",
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"text": "She followed him into the scullery, and combed her hair before the handbreadth of mirror by the back door.",
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