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As for being much known by sight, and pointed out, I cannot comprehend the honor that lies withal whatsoever it be, every mountebank has it more than the best doctor.

Abraham Cowley

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Abraham Cowley
Age: 49 †
Born: 1618
Born: January 1
Died: 1667
Died: July 28
Essayist
Playwright
Poet
Prosaist
the City
Lies
Withal
Honor
Notoriety
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Cannot
Whatsoever
Best
Doctor
Much
Doctors
Every
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Mountebank

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