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When a man becomes familiar with his goddess, she quickly sinks into a woman.

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Joseph Addison
Age: 47 †
Born: 1672
Born: May 1
Died: 1719
Died: June 17
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Journalist
Librettist
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Milston
Wiltshire
Joseph Addisson
Right Hon. Joseph Addison
Woman
Men
Sinks
Familiarity
Goddess
Familiar
Quickly
Becomes

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