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“His death eclipsed the gayety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.”
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- quote
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- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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- 9106a17c4da943266ce94d327bd4e609a74aae47c4cd4a346d248f47f6291348
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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