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AN ANECDOTE by JOHN BYROM

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First Line: BONE AND SKIN TWO MILLERS THIN
Last Line: THAT FLESH AND BLOOD CAN'T BEAR IT.
Subject(s): MILLS & MILLERTS;
BONE and Skin, two millers thin,
Would starve us all, or near it:
But be it known to Skin and Bone,
That Flesh and Blood can't bear it.



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