“Go poor Devil, get thee gone, why should I hurt thee?”

This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.
Book II, Ch. 12 (Uncle Toby to the fly).
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)

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Irish/English writer 1713–1768

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