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Maintain your post: That's all the fame you need For 'tis impossible you should proceed.

John Dryden

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John Dryden
Age: 68 †
Born: 1631
Born: August 7
Died: 1700
Died: May 12
Hymnwriter
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Translator
Aldwincle
Northamptonshire
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Impossible
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Proceed
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Posts
Maintain
Fame

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