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Sussex
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Definition:from the Old English Sūþsēaxe (South Saxons), is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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“Oxfordshire, you say? There are no Beauchamps in Oxfordshire that I know of.”
“How would you know?” I snapped. “You’re from Sussex yourself.”
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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Near the top, they had seated themselves on a carpet of sheep-sorrel, looking out across the imperturbable expanse of the Weald, and the broad pastures of Sussex. A solemn blue haze brooded soft over the land.
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Eric Arthur Blair, (George Orwell), was born in 1903 in Motihari, Bengal, a British colony of India. He accompanied his mother to England at the age of one. He studied at St Cyprian’s School, in Eastbourne, Sussex before earning scholarships to Wellington and Eton colleges.
George Orwell. 1984 (intro) (1949)
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