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Again : The time of life is short : To spend that shortness basely , were too long If life did ride upon a dial's point , Still ending at the arrival of an hour . Fuller has this quaint instruction upon our present topic : “ Lay down ...
Again : The time of life is short : To spend that shortness basely , were too long If life did ride upon a dial's point , Still ending at the arrival of an hour . Fuller has this quaint instruction upon our present topic : “ Lay down ...
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| Title | Things to be remembered in daily life |
| Author | John Timbs |
| Published | 1863 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 14 Jul 2006 |
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