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The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.

The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.

Approximate author period: c. 1830 AD · industrial

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Douglas Jerrold
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Approximate author period: c. 1830 AD · industrial
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Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)

The Anglo-French Alliance.

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