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"Eighteenth Century"
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"The London Merchant: or, the History of George Barnwell"
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Date: June 22, 1731
"The wise Man prepares himself for Death, by making it familiar to his Mind.--When strong Reflections hold the Mirror near,--and the Living in the Dead behold their future selves, how does each inordinate Passion and Desire cease or sicken at the View?"
preview | full record— Lillo, George (1691/3-1739)