A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow. ✨ John Dryden (1808…

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A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow. ✨ John Dryden (1808). The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author, p.19
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A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow. ✨ John Dryden (1808). The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author, p.19

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