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Three things I never lends - my 'oss, my wife, and my name.

Robert Smith Surtees

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Robert Smith Surtees
Age: 58 †
Born: 1805
Born: May 17
Died: 1864
Died: March 16
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Handley Cross
Sponge's sporting tour
Ask Mamma
etc. etc.
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Wife
Names
Three
Things
Never
Lends
Name

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