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Nowher So Besy A Man As He Ther N' As, And Yet He Semed Besier Than He Was.
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Nowher so besy a man as he ther n' as,
And yet he semed besier than he was.
-- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400)
-- Canterbury Tales, Prologue, Line 323
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