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Book love... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.

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Anthony Trollope
Age: 67 †
Born: 1815
Born: April 24
Died: 1882
Died: December 6
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London
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Purest
Love
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