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“He was a wight of high renowne, And those but of a low degree; Itt 's pride that putts the countrye doune, Then take thine old cloake about thee.”
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- Source:
- Take thy old Cloak about Thee.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 83d45fb43f64f6459d317d4b5af20230bb2010a5b5996fd8f7431c6498e0fb7a
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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