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Despotism sits nowhere so secure as under the effigy and ensigns of freedom.

Walter Savage Landor

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Walter Savage Landor
Age: 89 †
Born: 1775
Born: January 30
Died: 1864
Died: September 17
Poet
Writer
Warwick
Warwickshire
Effigy
Despotism
Sits
Nowhere
Secure
Freedom

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