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I've read in many a novel, that unless they've souls that grovel-- Folks prefer in fact a hovel to your dreary marble halls.
Charles Stuart Calverley
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Charles Stuart Calverley
Age: 52 †
Born: 1831
Born: December 22
Died: 1884
Died: February 17
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