As innocent as a new-laid egg. - W. S. Gilbert

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As innocent as a new-laid egg.

W. S. Gilbert

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About W. S. Gilbert

Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist and librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his operatic collaborations with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan.

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Birth Name: William Schwenck Gilbert

Alternative Names: Sir William Schwenck Gilbert • William S. Gilbert • William Schwenk Gilbert • Bab • Bab Gilbert • William Gilbert

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Rudyard Kipling Walter Scott William Shakespeare Ogden Nash John Dryden

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The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone,
All centuries but this and every country but his own.