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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
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Tragedy Writer
Writer
Will Chip
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Hideous
Events
Ruin
Imagination
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