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“A verse may find him who a sermon flies, And turn delight into a sacrifice.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Church Porch.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 059dc70da3fcc1c6dd3f3c548c08bc7dac589593b1752bd5a40a55a8aff9d09e
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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