{"query": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_10_038: Too late loved I Th", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_80581c8b81ae", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_10_038: Too late loved I Thee, O Thou Beauty of ancient days, yet ever new!", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Too late loved I Thee, O Thou Beauty of ancient days, yet ever new! too late I loved Thee! And behold, Thou wert within, and I abroad, and there I searched for Thee; deformed I, plunging amid those fa", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Augustine, Confessions (c. 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