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These, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men.
These, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men.
Approximate author period: c. 1666 AD · renaissance
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- John Dryden
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- Approximate author period: c. 1666 AD · renaissance
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 33 · printed citation: Dryden · subject: Bores
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