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“Some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid to join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line.”
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- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- aceb99b623ae7b1976cc8c3364c974d9349c16786bc10f5eeea8704ca24988eb
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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