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The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them.

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Emily Bronte
Age: 30 †
Born: 1818
Born: July 30
Died: 1848
Died: December 19
Novelist
Poet
Thornton
West Yorkshire
Ellis Bell
Emily Jane Brontë
Aimili Bolangte
Emili Bronte
Emily Jane Bronte
Ai-mi-li Po-lang-tʻe
Ėmilii︠a︡ Bronte
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Crush
Tyranny
Grinds
Slave
Tyrant
Turn
Grind
Turns
Slaves
Tyrants
Beneath

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