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The Kitten on the Wall
By William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth watches a playful kitten, and makes himself a promise.
374
‘Never Trust Experts’
By Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Lord Salisbury seeks to calm the Viceroy of India’s nerves in the face of anti-Russian hysteria.
375
All Things ‘Nice’
By Jane Austen
Henry Tilney teases a bewildered Catherine Morland for her lazy vocabulary.
376
The Liberty-Lovers
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson praises the English public for still loving freedom, despite their politicians.
377
The Supreme Indignity
Lord Salisbury tells his fellow statesmen that no country should have its laws dictated from abroad.
378
Trunk and Disorderly
By Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley watches on as one of his soldiers is rescued from a watery grave.
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