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God made the country, and man made the town. — William Cowper

God made the country, and man made the town.

William Cowper
1785
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Topic
Rural vs. urban
Time
1785
Person
William Cowper
Provenance
Current citation
Cowper, William. "The Task." William Cowper: The Task and Selected Other Poems, edited by James Sambrook. Routledge, 2016, bk. 1.
Original citation
Cowper, William. The Task. London: Joseph Johnson, 1785, bk. 1.

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