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Give me, Lord, neither poverty nor riches.

William Cobbett

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William Cobbett
Age: 72 †
Born: 1763
Born: March 9
Died: 1835
Died: June 18
Biographer
Farmer
Journalist
Pamphleteer
Political Writer
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Farnham
Surrey
Dick Retort
Peter Porcupine
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Poverty

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