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William Cowper Quotes: We sacrifice to dress till household joys and comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, and keeps our larder lean.
         

We sacrifice to dress till household joys and comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, and keeps our larder lean.


William Cowper
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