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It would be difficult to determine whether the age is growing better or worse for I think our plays are growing like sermons, and our sermons like plays.

Anna Letitia Barbauld

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Anna Letitia Barbauld
Age: 81 †
Born: 1743
Born: June 20
Died: 1825
Died: March 9
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Leicestershire
England
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