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Going to the opera like getting drunk is a sin that carries its own punishment with it and that a very severe one.
Going to the opera like getting drunk is a sin that carries its own punishment with it and that a very severe one.
Approximate author period: c. 1789 AD · early modern
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- Hannah More
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- Approximate author period: c. 1789 AD · early modern
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