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There is no other ghost save the ghost of our own childhood, the ghost of our own innocence, the ghost of our own airy belief.
There is no other ghost save the ghost of our own childhood, the ghost of our own innocence, the ghost of our own airy belief.
Approximate author period: c. 1841 AD · industrial
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- Charles Dickens
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- Approximate author period: c. 1841 AD · industrial
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Dickens. · page_473
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