A gentleman said that a week ago he was the
vilest wretch
in the county, but now saved.
He played the spy upon us, and surprised us together in bed,
base wretch.
No, i'd be quite content to
see the wretches
herded into re-education camps.
Oh, was there in all the world a more
miserable wretch
than he!
I
gave the poor wretch
the wherewithal to bury his daughter and to leave england.
He called himself
unhappy wretch
at being suspected of treason toward a man for whom he would have given his life.
An appeal to perishing sinners to trust in christ is like calling on a
drowning wretch
to climb the embankment wall.
Have a care of her, she is too good by far for a
poor wretch
like me.
Have not the most
cursed wretches
been forced to cry out, oh!
Oh,
unfortunate wretch
that i am, now i must change whether i will or no!
Had the ship passed one quarter of an hour sooner, i had
died there a wretch
as i lived.
Why don't you go away you
little ignorant wretch?
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