{"query": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_06_022: For when he wondere", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_fa6ce7542cd8", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_06_022: For when he wondered that I, whom he esteemed not slightly, should stick so f...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "For when he wondered that I, whom he esteemed not slightly, should stick so fast in the birdlime of that pleasure, as to protest (so oft as we discussed it) that I could never lead a single life; and "}, {"id": "card_n_8c228cf64f65", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_04_019: \"But our true Life came down hither, and bore our death, and slew him, out of...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "\"But our true Life came down hither, and bore our death, and slew him, out of the abundance of His own life: and He thundered, calling aloud to us to return hence to Him into that secret place, whence"}, {"id": "card_n_4e156f119451", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_03_021: Thou gavest her meantime another answer, which I call to mind; for much I pas...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Thou gavest her meantime another answer, which I call to mind; for much I pass by, hasting to those things which more press me to confess unto Thee, and much I do not remember. 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