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Whilst that the childe is young, let him be instructed in vertue and lytterature.

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John Lyly
Died: 1606
Died: November 18
Novelist
Playwright
Politician
Writer
Kent
England
John Lilly
John Lylie
John Lyly
Instructed
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None but the lark so shrill and clear Now at heaven's gate she claps her wings, The morn not waking till she sings.
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The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel.
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