![The only real river I knew was hardly more than a brook. It spilled through a tumbledown mill at the bottom of our road, opened into a little trouty pool, then ran on through water meadows over graveled shallows into Fakenham [England], where it slowed and deepened, gathering strength for the long drifts across muddy flatlands to Norwich and the North Sea.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-only-real-river-i-knew-was-hardly-more-than-a-brook-it-spilled-through-a-tum.jpg)
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real passion deceit
As that gallant can best affect a pretended passion for one woman who has no true love for another, so he that has no real esteem for any of the virtues can best assume the appearance of them all.
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real evil lasts
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reality drawing views
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real character mean
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real atmosphere gold
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real home thinking
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sea highways
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sea fishing rivers
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rivers safe lasts
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