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Colley Cibber - It takes time for the absent to assume...
It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change. (Colley Cibber)

It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change.

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