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© Tilemahos Efthimiadis, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0.
Now that King Odysseus has failed to return from the Siege of Troy, the earls of Ithaca are eager to marry his lovely widow.
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By Alex Bassano, published 1885. Public domain.
Frances Colenso admired the gallantry of the men who defended the fort at Rorke’s Drift, and the restraint of the men who attacked it.
© Len Williams, Geograph. CC BY-SA 2.0.
There is plenty of work in the garden of England for everyone, whether he has a green thumb or not.
By Marcin Mlynczak. Public domain.
Frances Colenso warned that if the British did not learn to treat the Africans with respect, a higher Power would soon teach them some manners.
© Edward Prentis (1797-1854), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
During a severe sickness, John Donne, Dean of St Paul’s, asked of God three boons.
By Thomas Davidson (1842-1919). Public domain.
In time of crisis, so the legend goes, Sir Francis Drake will come to our aid again, as once he did against the Spanish Armada.