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He first deceas’d; she for a little tried To live without him: liked it not, and died.

He first deceas’d; she for a little tried To live without him: liked it not, and died.

Approximate author period: c. 1603 AD · renaissance

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Author or tradition
Sir Henry Wotton
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Approximate author period: c. 1603 AD · renaissance
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Recorded source
My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)

Page 232 · printed citation: Sir Henry Wotton (Reliquiae Wottonianae, 1685). · compiler notes excluded

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