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Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way.

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Jeremy Collier
Age: 76 †
Born: 1650
Born: January 1
Died: 1726
Died: January 1
Literary Critic
Priest
Theatre Critic
Writer
County of Cambridge
Pushing
Difficulty
Gives
Giving
Way
Countenance
Make
Seeming
Assurance
Perpetual

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