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Pillars of Justice Mirza Abu Taleb Khan

A witness appeared before a Calcutta court, only to find that judge and learned counsel were determined to discredit her.

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Pirates at Penzance Clay Lane

The people of Penzance in Cornwall did not think an Algerian corsair much better than a French warship.

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Playing with Fire William Thomas Stead

William Stead warned his fellow-journalists to take care that their bellicose rhetoric did not end in a real war with Russia.

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‘Please Respect our Traditions’ Clay Lane

Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens took his wartime protest straight to the top.

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Poet and Poacher Nicholas Rowe

Literary rumour in the time of Queen Anne said that William Shakespeare owed his extraordinary career to a scurrilous ballad.

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Poisoned Chalice Temple Chevallier

Scientist and clergyman Temple Chevallier believed that the fast pace of recent discoveries in astronomy risked substituting a new superstition for an old one.

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