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On Easter night, monk Reginald woke from a doze to find the aged hermit Godric singing lustily.
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By John Hoppner (1758-1810), from the National Portrait Gallery via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain (?)
William Cowper’s peace was shattered by the arrival of a Parliamentary candidate doorstepping his Buckinghamshire constituents.
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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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Sir William Hunter looks back over a Government committee’s plan to introduce tea cultivation to India in 1834.
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In the days of King James I, Thomas Coryat visited Italy and came home with an affected Continental habit: eating with a fork.
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A London barrister indulges in courtroom theatrics to win a case, but it turns out that not everything is as it seems.
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