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No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have and I think he's a dirty little beast.
W. S. Gilbert
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W. S. Gilbert
Age: 74 †
Born: 1836
Born: November 18
Died: 1911
Died: May 29
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Illustrator
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Sir William Schwenck Gilbert
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William S. Gilbert
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Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.
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