John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680) English poet, and peer of the realm
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“Great families of yesterday we show,
And lords whose parents were the Lord knows who.”
Pt. I, l. 374. <br class="br"> The True-Born Englishman http://www.luminarium.org/editions/trueborn.htm (1701)
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