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The landlady of a boarding-house is a parallelogram - that is, an oblong angular figure, which cannot be described, but which is equal to anything.
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Birth: | 30th December, 1869 |
Death: | 28th March, 1944 |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Profession: | Humorist, Political Scientist, Teacher, Writer |
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