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Anticipated rents, and bills unpaid, Force many a shining youth into the shade, Not to redeem his time, but his estate, And play the fool, but at the cheaper rate.

William Cowper

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William Cowper
Age: 68 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: April 25
Hymnwriter
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Poet Lawyer
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Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Youth
Cheaper
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Estates
Shade
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Bills
Rents
Many
Shining
Unpaid
Time
Debt
Anticipated
Rate
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Estate

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