"Just then, with a wink and a sly normal lurch, The owl very gravely got down from his perch, Walked round, and regarded his fault-finding critic (Who thought he was stuffed) with a glance analytic."
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James Thomas Fields
James Thomas Fields (December 31, 1817 – April 24, 1881) was an American publisher and author.
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