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There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowels of the earth, many a fair pearl laid up in the bosom of the sea, that never was seen, nor never shall be.
There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowels of the earth, many a fair pearl laid up in the bosom of the sea, that never was seen, nor never shall be.
Approximate author period: c. 1615 AD · renaissance
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- Bishop Hall
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- Approximate author period: c. 1615 AD · renaissance
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Contemplations. Book iv. The veil of Moses.
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