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Angels are men of a superior kind Angels are men in lighter habit clad.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Angels
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Habit
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Lighters
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Superior
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