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On this day: October 25th

  • Death of Geoffrey Chaucer (1400)
  • Birth of James Beattie (1735)
  • Birth of Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800)
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Parker, Dorothy
1Men seldom make passes
2At girls who wear glasses.

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