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VILLIERS, Duke of Buckingham, in King Charles II.'s time, was saying one
day to Sir Robert Viner, in a melancholy humor: I am afraid, Sir
Robert, I shall die a beggar at last, which is the most terrible thing
in the world.--Upon my word, my lord, said Sir Robert, there is
another thing more terrible which you have to apprehend, and that is
that you will live a beggar, at the rate you go on.
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