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Slugs crawl and crawl over our cabbages, like the world's slander over a good name. You may kill them, it is true but there is the slime.

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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London
England
Whitefeather
Barabbas
Doulgas Jerrold
World
Slander
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Cabbages
True
Slugs
May
Slime
Good
Cabbage
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Crawl

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