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Where can this long sentence ending with "won't find it here" be found in "Death in the Afternoon"?

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Is the opening quote in Michael Crichton’s “Airframe” real or fictional?

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Source of "talent is formed in solitude", attributed to Goethe

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Humorous quote about some minor indiscretion leading to a major crime

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Who said that Allingham "polished her prose until it shone over-bright," and where?

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Where did Doyle write that the Hound of the Baskervilles was originally intended as a "Victorian creeper", and what does this mean?

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Where is this quote about Man, Hero, Legend and Myth from?

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Where does the quote “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right” come from?

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In which act/scene of Antigone (Sophocles) is this passage?

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Identify Source of Quote on Running Out of Breath and Commas

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Reference for author of "The earth has music for those who listen"

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bobble

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Who was Coleridge's "schoolman"?

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"There are three sorts of people: those who are alive, those who are dead, and those who are at sea." Did Aristotle really say this?

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"It might be for years, and it might be for ever," - What is the original novel this quote appeared in?

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Where can this long sentence ending with "won't find it here" be found in "Death in the Afternoon"?

Is the opening quote in Michael Crichton’s “Airframe” real or fictional?

Source of "talent is formed in solitude", attributed to Goethe

Humorous quote about some minor indiscretion leading to a major crime

Who said that Allingham "polished her prose until it shone over-bright," and where?

Where did Doyle write that the Hound of the Baskervilles was originally intended as a "Victorian creeper", and what does this mean?

Where is this quote about Man, Hero, Legend and Myth from?

Where does the quote “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right” come from?

In which act/scene of Antigone (Sophocles) is this passage?

Identify Source of Quote on Running Out of Breath and Commas

Reference for author of "The earth has music for those who listen"

Who was Coleridge's "schoolman"?

"There are three sorts of people: those who are alive, those who are dead, and those who are at sea." Did Aristotle really say this?

"It might be for years, and it might be for ever," - What is the original novel this quote appeared in?

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