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Letters form a by-path of literature, a charming, but occasional, retreat for people of cultivated leisure.

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Agnes Repplier
Age: 92 †
Born: 1858
Born: April 1
Died: 1950
Died: December 15
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Essayist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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Occasional
Retreat
Charming
Leisure
Letters
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Literature
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Cultivated

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