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"ref": "1846 February 28 – 1847 February 27, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “On Literary Snobs”, in The Book of Snobs, London: Punch Office, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 60:",
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"text": "But there had been total silence. The Captain evidently was not a great penman, and Rosamond reflected that the sisters might have been abroad.",
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