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So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
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Olivier Goldsmith
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Tom Telescope
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Author of the Vicar of Wakefield
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