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"text": "1914, February 13, The Times, Obituary: Canon Augustus Jessopp\nHe wrote well in a forcible, colloquial style, with the air of being tremendously in earnest, and full of knowledge which overflowed his pages, tricked out with somewhat boisterous illustrations."
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{
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"word": "sério"
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{
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "it",
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
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{
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"word": "serio"
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