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Is not he imprudent, who, seeing the tide making haste towards him apace, will sleep till the sea overwhelms him?

John Tillotson

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John Tillotson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1630
Born: October 10
Died: 1694
Died: November 22
Archbishop Of Canterbury
Priest
Sleep
Tide
Making
Haste
Procrastination
Tides
Till
Towards
Apace
Sea
Imprudent
Seeing
Overwhelms

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