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Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought.

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Joseph Addison
Age: 47 †
Born: 1672
Born: May 1
Died: 1719
Died: June 17
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Wiltshire
Joseph Addisson
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Dreadful
Pleasing
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Eternity
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Time

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