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Excerpt from The Poems of Phineas Fletcher, B. D., Rector of Hilgay, Norfolk, Vol. 1 of 4: For the First Time Collected and Edited; With Memoir, Essay, and Notes
Pretty{! In amber to Observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or grubs, or worms!
The things we know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. (epistle to Arbuthnot l, At this late day I have been agreeably surprized with my own success in adding to our knowledge of our two Worthies - albeit one has the conviction that such men must have left behind them Letters and other Manuscripts of rare preciousness. Would that I or some one else could hap on them.
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