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It is great and manly to disdain disguise it shows our spirit and proves our strength.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Disguise
Prove
Strength
Spirit
Shows
Great
Disdain
Manly
Proves

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Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.
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