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Long open panegyric drags at best, And praise is only praise when well address'd.

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Phineas Fletcher
Age: 68 †
Born: 1582
Born: April 8
Died: 1650
Died: December 13
Poet
Kent
England
Phineas Fletcher
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Best
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Panegyric
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Drags
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Praise

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