Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was born upon one day, and died upon another; the whole history of his life being comprehended in those two circumstances that are common to all mankind. I could not but look upon these... The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'. - Page 399edited by - 1868Full view - About this book
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