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Though this may be play to you, 'T is death to us.
Though this may be play to you, 'T is death to us.
Approximate author period: c. 1852 AD · industrial
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- Francis W. Bourdillon
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- Approximate author period: c. 1852 AD · industrial
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Roger L. Estrange (1616-1704): Fables from Several Authors. Fable 398.
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