A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 6.103 · 6.103

A man past fifty

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Era um homem de mais de cincoenta annos;

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EraE-raHe wasumoongahomemO-mengmandedeofmaismaishmorededethancincoentasing-ko-EN-tafiftyannosA-nushyears;

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He was a man of more than fifty years;

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The portrait opens plainly, with age. Miguel is no young suitor or schemer but a settled man past fifty — a lifetime of labor behind him, and one hope left in front of him.

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