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Ambrose phillips . . . who had the honor of bringing into fashion a species of composition which has been called, after his name, namby pamby.
-Thomas B. Macaulay
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Ambrose Phillips . . . Who Had

Thomas B. Macaulay
Ambrose phillips . . . who had the honor of bringing into fashion a species of composition which has been called, after his name, namby pamby.
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