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I maintain, against the enemies of the stage, that patterns of piety, decently represented, may second the precepts.

John Dryden

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John Dryden
Age: 68 †
Born: 1631
Born: August 7
Died: 1700
Died: May 12
Hymnwriter
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Aldwincle
Northamptonshire
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