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Though just biographical record will touch the failings of the good and the eminent with tenderness.

Anna Seward

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Anna Seward
Age: 61 †
Born: 1747
Born: December 12
Died: 1809
Died: March 25
Biographer
Literary Critic
Poet
Writer
Eyam
Derbyshire
Swan of Lichfield
Touch
Record
Failing
Records
Though
Biographical
Good
Failings
Eminent
Tenderness

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