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...Covetousness, looking more at what we would have than at what we have.

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Joseph Hall
Age: 82 †
Born: 1574
Born: July 1
Died: 1656
Died: September 8
Clergyman
Poet
Priest
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Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Leicestershire
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Covetousness
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