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Of children as of procreation -- the pleasure momentary, the posture ridiculous, the expense damnable

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Evelyn Waugh
Age: 62 †
Born: 1903
Born: October 28
Died: 1966
Died: April 10
Autobiographer
Diarist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
War Correspondent
Writer
Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh
Children
Damnable
Procreation
Momentary
Posture
Expense
Expenses
Ridiculous
Pleasure

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