Nor will the sweetest delight of gardens afford much comfort in sleep; wherein the dullness of that sense shakes hands with delectable odours; and though in the bed of Cleopatra, can hardly with any delight raise up the ghost of a rose.
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Old mortality, the ruins of forgotten times.
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Thomas Browne (65)
Birth: | 19th October, 1605 |
Death: | 19th October, 1682 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Author |
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