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I lived on rum, I tell you. It's been meat and drink, and man and wife, to me.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Age: 44 †
Born: 1850
Born: November 13
Died: 1894
Died: December 3
Essayist
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson
Robert Luis Stivensoni
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Stivenson
Robert Loui Sitivensin
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson
Robert Lui Stivenson
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