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“Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word From those who spoke her praise.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Elegy on Mrs. Mary Blaize.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 02ea49e8b14ce976ef801610b0220e45fdcff63b7918914a48d3e08bcbbee6cd
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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