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1884–1967 England
Arthur Michell Ransome (January 18, 1884 – June 3, 1967) was a British children's author and journalist. Ransome is most famous for his Swallows and Amazons series of novels named after the first book in the series.
England Journalists Translators Also known as: Ransome, Arthur
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When a thing's done, it's done, and if it's not done right, do it differently next time.
What's hit's history: what's missed's mystery.
They found, like many explorers before them, that somehow, in their absence, they had got into trouble at home.
Softly, at first, as if it hardly meant it, the snow began to fall.
Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been.
"Only, the beastly Arctic won't freeze,"
She's got a rum job, but she knows how to do it, and to have a job and know how to do it is one of the best things in this life. And if only she stops hankering after Cambridge...
A pigeon a day keeps the natives away
BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.
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