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Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.
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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Sir William Schwenck Gilbert
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Roll on, thou ball, roll on! Through pathless realms of Space, Roll on!
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I know everybody's income and what everybody earns, And I carefully compare it with the income-tax returns
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