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He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence.
He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence.
Approximate author period: c. 1733 AD · early modern
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- Earl Of Chesterfield
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- Approximate author period: c. 1733 AD · early modern
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
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