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She has been kissed as often as a police-court Bible, and by much the same class of people.

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Robertson Davies
Age: 82 †
Born: 1913
Born: August 28
Died: 1995
Died: December 3
Journalist
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Musicologist
Novelist
Playwright
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Writer
William Robertson Davies
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