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I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing.

Francis Quarles

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Francis Quarles
Age: 52 †
Born: 1592
Born: May 8
Died: 1644
Died: September 8
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Pleasure
Reading
Wish
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Much

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