One of the poets, whose name I cannot recall, has a passage, which I a…

P. G. Wodehouse
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One of the poets, whose name I cannot recall, has a passage, which I am unable at the moment to remember, in one of his works, which for the time being has slipped my mind, which hits off admirably this age-old situation. ✨ P. G. Wodehouse (2004). The Clicking of Cuthbert, p.169, 1st World Publishing
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