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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

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Joseph Addison
Age: 47 †
Born: 1672
Born: May 1
Died: 1719
Died: June 17
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Milston
Wiltshire
Joseph Addisson
Right Hon. Joseph Addison
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
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