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Flirtation is a circulating library, in which we seldom ask twice for the same volume.

Nathaniel Parker Willis

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Nathaniel Parker Willis
Age: 61 †
Born: 1806
Born: January 20
Died: 1867
Died: January 20
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Journalist
Literary Critic
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Portland
Maine
Nathanael Parker Willis
Flirtation
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Twice
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