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Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be/Yet such wherein men may thy judgment see.

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William Wycherley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1640
Born: January 1
Died: 1715
Died: December 31
Dramatist
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Clive
Shropshire
May
Book
Many
Men
Wherein
Like
Judgment
Books
Reading
Friends

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