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it raining hard upon the water, I put ashore and sheltered myself, while the King came by in his barge, going down towards the Downs to meet the Queen; the Duke being gone yesterday. But methought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain.
Pandaemonium 1660–1886: The Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers
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