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On board ship there are many sources of joy of which the land knows nothing. You may flirt and dance at sixty and if you are awkward in the turn of a valse, you may put it down to the motion of the ship. You need wear no gloves, and may drink your soda-and-brandy without being ashamed of it.

Anthony Trollope

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Anthony Trollope
Age: 67 †
Born: 1815
Born: April 24
Died: 1882
Died: December 6
Autobiographer
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Novelist
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London
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May
Travel
Ship
Flirt
Without
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Awkward
Brandy
Nothing
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Boards
Soda
Need
Joy
Motion
Flirting
Many
Turn
Ships
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Wear
Sixty
Society
Dance
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