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Dinted dimpled wimpled-his mind wandered down echoing corridors of assonance and alliteration ever further and further from the point. He was enamoured with the beauty of words.

Aldous Huxley

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Aldous Huxley
Age: 69 †
Born: 1894
Born: July 26
Died: 1963
Died: November 22
Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
Professor
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Godalming
Surrey
Aldous Leonard Huxley
Corridors
Beauty
Point
Dimpled
Words
Assonance
Ever
Enamoured
Mind
Alliteration
Echoing
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The lunatic fringe is more like a Spanish shawl, where the fringe makes up the entire garment.
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