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A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook.

George Crabbe

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George Crabbe
Age: 79 †
Born: 1754
Born: December 24
Died: 1834
Died: February 3
Entomologist
Medicine
Poet
Surgeon
Writer
Aldeburgh
Suffolk
Sea
Cunning
Hook
Lakes
Fishing
Fish
Fishes
Boat
Rivers
Sly

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