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Friendly satire may be compared to a fine lancet, which gently breathes a vein for health's sake.

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Samuel Richardson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1687
Born: August 19
Died: 1761
Died: July 4
Novelist
Writer
S. Richardson
Fine
Gently
May
Satire
Veins
Compared
Friendly
Breathe
Lancet
Sake
Vein
Health
Breathes

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