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Sneezes ... always sound much louder to the sneezer than to the hearers. It is an acoustical peculiarity.

Sylvia Townsend Warner

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Sylvia Townsend Warner
Age: 84 †
Born: 1893
Born: December 6
Died: 1978
Died: May 1
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Musicologist
Novelist
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Silvia Warner
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