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First Impressions, Second Thoughts Jane Austen

Elizabeth Bennet began to wonder if being Mr Darcy’s wife might have had its compensations.

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Fit and Proper Persons Adam Smith

No one is more dangerous than the man who thinks that it is his destiny to direct things for the common good.

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Flodden Edge Clay Lane

The Scots paid a heavy price for honouring their ‘Auld Alliance’ with France.

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Florence Nightingale Clay Lane

Florence used her logical mind and society connections to save thousands of lives in the Crimean War.

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Fly on the Wall Sir Francis Bacon

Henry VII made sure that he had eyes and ears wherever they were needed to put an end to thirty years of political conspiracy.

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Flying Scotsman Clay Lane

In 1928, a train service linking London and Edinburgh became the world’s longest non-stop run.

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