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Habits are soon assumed but when we strive to strip them off, 'tis being flayed alive.

William Cowper

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William Cowper
Age: 68 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: April 25
Hymnwriter
Poet
Poet Lawyer
Translator
Writer
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Habits
Strive
Soon
Habit
Alive
Flayed
Strip
Assumed

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