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Imagination frames events unknown, In wild, fantastic shapes of hideous ruin, And what it fears creates.

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Hannah More
Age: 88 †
Born: 1745
Born: February 2
Died: 1833
Died: September 7
Abolitionist
Essayist
Philanthropist
Playwright
Poet
Tragedy Writer
Writer
Will Chip
Events
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Imagination
Ruins
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Unknown
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Fantastic
Wild
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