| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 6105 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Hood (17991845) |
| QUOTATION: | His death, which happened in his berth, At forty-odd befell: They went and told the sexton, and The sexton tolled the bell. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Faithless Sally Brown. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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