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Tis true twas long ere I began to seek to live forever But now I run as fast I can, tis better late than never

Full Text
Tis true twas long ere I began to seek to live forever But now I run as fast I can, tis better late than never
Listed on Page Number
296
Sampler Worked By
Mary Burden
Date of Sampler
before 1830
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
134
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim’s Progress. New York, Hurst & Co., 1826. p. 277.
Notes
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.268441/page/n289/mode/1up?q=%22Tis+true+twas+long+ere+I+began+to+seek+to+live+forever%22 This link is from a edition of the 1678 original contemporary to this sampler. Copies of the earliest editions are online but less clear in imaging and in text.