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But a girl of seventeen is not always thinking of books, especially in the Oxford summer term.
Mary Augusta Ward
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Mary Augusta Ward
Age: 68 †
Born: 1851
Born: June 11
Died: 1920
Died: March 24
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Mrs. Humphrey Ward
Mary Augusta Arnold
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