Time, which antiquates antiquities, and hath an art to make dust of all things, hath yet spared these minor monuments.
Sir Thomas BrowneSource: Hydriotaphia, cap. v
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Time, which antiquates antiquities, and hath an art to make dust of all things, hath yet spared these minor monuments.
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