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A Victorian artist and avid bird-watcher banished cats from his country cottage, but soon wished he hadn’t.
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By Percy Carpenter (1820-1895), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Edmund Burke tore into the directors of the East India Company, accusing them of doing less for the country than India’s mediaeval conquerors.
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After the East India Company quieted the Maratha Confederacy in 1805, Harsukh Rai looked forward to a new era of good government.
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After its prime minister signed the Maratha Confederacy over to the East India Company, the member states rose up in a body.
By Lorne Kidd Smith (1880-1966), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
A ‘slight and delicate’ Canadian woman defied twenty miles of rugged terrain in sweltering heat to warn of an impending attack by American invaders.
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While on tour in Austria, Irish tenor Michael Kelly was introduced to Mozart, and discovered a man of many talents and much kindness.