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“Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to mis'ry (all he had) a tear, He gained from Heav'n ('t was all he wish'd) a friend.”
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- Source:
- The Epitaph.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 09dbfa7296af2f0adc740ab9dc3a2cca58df1941b9a1ecb7782b06ca9ee65ef3
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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