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We sacrifice to dress till household joys and comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry and keeps our larder lean.
We sacrifice to dress till household joys and comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry and keeps our larder lean.
Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- William Cowper
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- Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Cowper. · page_528
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