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Rags, which are the reproach of poverty, are the beggar's robes and graceful insignia of his profession, his tenure, his full dress, the suit in which he is expected to show himself in public.
Rags, which are the reproach of poverty, are the beggar's robes and graceful insignia of his profession, his tenure, his full dress, the suit in which he is expected to show himself in public.
Approximate author period: c. 1804 AD · industrial
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- Author or tradition
- Charles Lamb
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- Approximate author period: c. 1804 AD · industrial
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Lamb. · R
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