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Cuthbert trusted that keeping his promised fast would not do him any harm.
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© N Chadwick, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mr Snawley has two stepsons he would like to offload, and Mr Squeers seems just the right person to help him.
© Jeff Buck, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
If Britain is a chessboard, then politicians should remember that the ‘pieces’ are alive, and they generally play a better game.
Via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Kate Nickleby must bite her lip as she experiences snobbery for the first time.
From Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
From performance and composition to instrument-making, Clementi left his mark on British and European classical music.
From the Walters Art Museum, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
William the Conqueror’s purge of the English Church was halted by a humble bishop and a dead king.