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A Hymn to God the Father John Donne

During a severe sickness, John Donne, Dean of St Paul’s, asked of God three boons.

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A Kind and Gentle Heart Samuel Johnson

After Oliver Goldsmith’s landlady lost patience with her cash-strapped tenant, Dr Johnson took charge and a literary classic entered the world.

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A King-Sized Conspiracy Anthony Hope

Rudolf Rassendyll is on holiday in Ruritania when he stumbles across a plot by the King’s brother to steal the crown.

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A Kitten’s Jest William Cowper

In ‘Familiarity Dangerous,’ poet William Cowper tells a little tale warning that if you join in the game you play by the rules.

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A Leader by Example Samuel Smiles

George Stephenson won the admiration of French navvies by showing them how a Geordie works a shovel.

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A Letter to the President Manchester Cotton Workers

Two years into America’s Civil War, cotton workers in Manchester defied current opinion among politicians and the press, and pledged their support to the Union.

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