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“Much like a subtle spider which doth sit In middle of her web, which spreadeth wide; If aught do touch the utmost thread of it, She feels it instantly on every side.”
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- Source:
- The Immortality of the Soul.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 00e488e3658bcc832ace1205019029d8f7e50eac77967e7e9e3d75424f4977e4
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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