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There are like to be short graces where the devil plays host.

Charles Lamb

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Charles Lamb
Age: 59 †
Born: 1775
Born: February 10
Died: 1834
Died: December 27
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London
England
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I even think that, sentimentally, I am disposed to harmony. But organically I am incapable of a tune.
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