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1501
The Christmas Egg Elfric of Eynsham

Anglo-Saxon abbot Elfric tentatively likened the new-born Jesus to an egg.

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1502
The Comfort of Home Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre returns to Thornfield Hall and Mr Rochester, and even the thought of Blanche Ingram cannot rob her of happiness.

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1503
The Comfortable Words The Book of Common Prayer

Four short passages from the New Testament appointed to be read aloud in the English Book of Common Prayer of 1549.

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1504
The Common Tongue Hilaire Belloc

The English language is the most valuable part of our national heritage, and the patriotic citizen is careful to treat it with respect.

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1505
The Consecration of Bishop Cuthbert St Bede of Jarrow

Cuthbert would not go to King Ecgfrith, so King Ecgfrith and his entire court had to go to Cuthbert.

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1506
The Considerate Queen Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III

When the young Aga Khan visited London in 1898 he was presented to Queen Victoria, and found her cultural sensitivity deeply touching.

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