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Honor is an old-world thing but it smells sweet to those in whose hand it is strong.

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Ouida
Age: 69 †
Born: 1839
Born: January 1
Died: 1908
Died: January 25
Novelist
Writer
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
Marie Louise de la Ramée
Marie Louise Ramé
Marie Louise de la Ramee
Marie Louise Rame
Strong
Hands
Thing
Smells
World
Smell
Honor
Whose
Sweet
Hand

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