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A Corant On the Heath Walter Pope

Highwayman Claude Du Vall robbed a carriage on Hampstead Heath in the most courteous manner imaginable.

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182
A Country Squire in London Thomas Babington Macaulay

Lord Macaulay describes the toils of a typical country gentleman visiting London in the time of Charles II.

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183
A Coy and Humorous Dame John Trenchard

The English ‘Cato’ cautioned that sabre-rattling sanctions and other forms of coercion are never in the country’s economic interest.

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184
A Credit to His Country François de Callières

The diplomat’s task is to see the best in other peoples, not to scold them for their failings.

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185
A Cricketer’s World Leigh Hunt

Leigh Hunt reflects on the civilising effect of the game of cricket.

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186
A Curious Incident Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes has been engaged to find a missing thoroughbred, but seems more interested in some lame sheep and an idle dog.

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