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937
Out of Touch William Pitt the Elder

William Pitt the Elder berates Parliament for treating the public like know-nothings.

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938
Outbreak John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy shared his unease at the rise of two competing forms of national speech.

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939
Ozymandias Percy Bysshe Shelley

The glory of political power soon passes away.

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940
Padgett, MP Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl Cromer

Lord Cromer, a former Consul-General of Egypt, expressed his frustration at politicians who set too much store by Foreign Office briefings.

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941
Pandora’s Box Clay Lane

After being outwitted once too often, Zeus decides to spite Prometheus by ruining the race of men.

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942
Pangur Bán Anonymous (Irish Monk)

A 9th century Irish monk scribbled some verses about a beloved cat into his copy book.

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