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They did go on so, don't you think, those Victorian poets, they took themselves so horribly seriously," he said, pushing the lift button, summoning it from the depths.As it creaked up, Blackadder said, "That's not the worst thing a human being can do, take himself seriously.
They did go on so, don't you think, those Victorian poets, they took themselves so horribly seriously," he said, pushing the lift button, summoning it from the depths.As it creaked up, Blackadder said, "That's not the worst thing a human being can do, take himself seriously.
Approximate author period: c. 1964 AD · modern
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- A.S. Byatt
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- Approximate author period: c. 1964 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for A. S. Byatt: documented activity in 1964. Wikidata Q232417, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232417 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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