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And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist-- I don't think she'd be missed--I'm sure she'd not be missed!
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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There's fish in the sea, no doubt of it, As good as ever came out of it.
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The privilege and pleasure That we treasure beyond measure Is to run on little errands for the Ministers of State.
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In short, whoever you may be, To this conclusion you'll agree, When every one is somebodee, Then no one's anybody!
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