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And don't confound the language of the nation with long-tail'd words in osity and ation.

John Hookham Frere

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John Hookham Frere
Age: 76 †
Born: 1769
Born: May 21
Died: 1846
Died: January 7
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Rt. Hon. John Hookham Frere
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