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I was surprised just now at seeing a cobweb around a knocker for it was not on the door of heaven.

Augustus William Hare

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Augustus William Hare
Age: 41 †
Born: 1792
Born: November 17
Died: 1834
Died: January 22
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Cobwebs
Surprised
Door
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Heaven
Knockers
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