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We attended stables, as we attended church, in our best clothes, thereby no doubt showing the degree of respect due to horses.
Osbert Sitwell
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Osbert Sitwell
Age: 76 †
Born: 1892
Born: December 6
Died: 1969
Died: May 4
Literary Critic
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Poet
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London
England
Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell
5th Baronet
Capt. Sir [Francis] Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell
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