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Nor Rough, Nor Barren, Are The Winding Ways Of Hoar Antiquity, But Strewn With Flowers.
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Nor rough, nor barren, are the winding ways
Of hoar antiquity, but strewn with flowers.
-- Thomas Warton (1728-1790)
-- Written on a Blank Leaf of Dugdale's Monasticon
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