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A maiden's first kiss cometh hard, yea, it is as the first olive out of a bottle, requiring much skill but the rest are easy.

Gelett Burgess

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Gelett Burgess
Age: 85 †
Born: 1866
Born: January 30
Died: 1951
Died: September 18
Novelist
Poet
Boston
Massachusetts
Frank Gelett Burgess
Alan Braghampton
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Olives
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Firsts
Bottle
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Bottles
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Skill
Cometh
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