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William Makepeace Thackeray
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Age: 52 †
Born: 1811
Born: July 18
Died: 1863
Died: December 24
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The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is forever in a passion.
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In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
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