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“Though old the thought and oft exprest, 'T is his at last who says it best.”
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- Source:
- For an Autograph.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 657d4140bbcfe0c7eeac50a8909311e34fb740b2080d0f08cc226bec06bfe2fe
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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