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I took one Draught of Life - I'll tell you what I paid - Precisely an existence - The market price, they said.

Emily Dickinson

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Emily Dickinson
Age: 55 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 10
Died: 1886
Died: May 15
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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Ai-mi-li Ti-chin-sen
Emilia Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
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Market
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Existence
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Life
Draught
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