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Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress.

Charles Lamb

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Charles Lamb
Age: 59 †
Born: 1775
Born: February 10
Died: 1834
Died: December 27
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Writer
London
England
Philanthropy
Distress
Strings
Shut
Charity
Philanthropic
Always
Purse
Purses
Painted

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