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For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room.

Abraham Cowley

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Abraham Cowley
Age: 49 †
Born: 1618
Born: January 1
Died: 1667
Died: July 28
Essayist
Playwright
Poet
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the City
Nothing
Whole
Larger
World
Native
Prison
Room
Rooms
Home
Without

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