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Nobody ought to be too old to improve: I should be sorry if I was and I flatter myself I have already improved considerably by my travels. First, I can swallow gruel soup, egg soup, and all manner of soups, without making faces much. Secondly, I can pretty well live without tea.

Anna Letitia Barbauld

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Anna Letitia Barbauld
Age: 81 †
Born: 1743
Born: June 20
Died: 1825
Died: March 9
Essayist
Literary Critic
Poet
Leicestershire
England
Anna Laetitia Aiken
Anna Letitia Barbauld
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Nobody
Improved
Without
Already
Soup
Soups
Ought
Tea
Gruel
Well
Pretty
Eggs
Considerably
First
Faces
Manner
Secondly
Much
Making
Improve
Flatter
Live
Sorry
Travels
Wells
Travel
Swallow

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