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Charity in various guises is an intruder the poor see often but courtesy and delicacy are visitants with which they are seldom honored.
Ouida
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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
Charity
Intruder
Various
Guises
Poor
Intruders
Often
Guise
Delicacy
Courtesy
Honored
Seldom
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