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Accept a miracle, instead of wit See two dull lines, with Stanhope's pencil writ.

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Lines
Pencil
Hope
Pencils
Two
Wit
Dull
Miracle
Accept
Accepting
Instead
Writ

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