Elizabeth City County

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    “A sumptuous dwelling the rich man hath.
    And dainty is his repast;
    But remember that luxury’s prodigal hand
    Keeps the furnace of toil in blast.”
    —Mary Elizabeth Hewitt (b.1818)

    “I come from the city of Boston,
    The home of the bean and the cod,”
    —John Collins Bossidy (1860–1928)

    “In the county there are thirty-seven churches
    and no butcher shop. This could be taken
    as a matter of all form and no content.”
    —Maxine Kumin (b. 1925)