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Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
Douglas William Jerrold
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Douglas William Jerrold
Age: 54 †
Born: 1803
Born: January 1
Died: 1857
Died: January 1
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Whitefeather
Barabbas
Doulgas Jerrold
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