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The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak She could not think, but would not cease to speak.

George Crabbe

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George Crabbe
Age: 79 †
Born: 1754
Born: December 24
Died: 1834
Died: February 3
Entomologist
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Poet
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Suffolk
Pretty
Wife
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Think
Trifling
Thinking
Childish
Cease
Weak

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