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Much Cry but Little Wool
By Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison complains that the famous Cries of London are a lot of fuss about nothing.
170
The Best and Worst of Britain
Attributed to Manoel Gonzales
A Portuguese merchant assesses Great Britain’s market under the Hanoverians.
171
A Country Squire in London
By Thomas Babington Macaulay
Lord Macaulay describes the toils of a typical country gentleman visiting London in the time of Charles II.
172
Abel Tasman in New Zealand
By William Pember Reeves
The Dutch explorer ran across two islands in the Pacific of which Europeans knew nothing, but his chief desire was to get past them.
173
A Victim of His Success
By Richard Burdon Haldane
Economist Adam Smith so changed the conversation in Britain that most people take his groundbreaking insights for granted.
174
An Embarrassment of Heroes
By John Buchan
John Buchan warned that the great figures of history are often beyond their biographers’ comprehension.
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