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I have seldom seen much ostentation and much learning met together. The sun, rising and declining, makes long shadows at mid day, when he is highest, none at all.

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Joseph Hall
Age: 82 †
Born: 1574
Born: July 1
Died: 1656
Died: September 8
Clergyman
Poet
Priest
Writer
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Leicestershire
Seen
Seldom
Makes
Rising
Together
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Much
Shadow
Long
None
Sun
Ostentation
Highest
Declining
Learning
Shadows

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