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A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that has another sense, when compared with such as have no relish of those arts

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Joseph Addison
Age: 47 †
Born: 1672
Born: May 1
Died: 1719
Died: June 17
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Joseph Addisson
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