"When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced……" — J.R.R. Tolkien
"When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton."
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756 Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
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