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Extracts from Literature
Fricassée in France
In the opening lines of Laurence Sterne’s Sentimental Journey, the narrator explains the perverse whim that led him to leave his home shores behind.
Length: 59 words
Georgian Era
Trouble at Belsize Gardens
In 1720, Welsh promoter William Howell opened a pleasure garden at Belsize House, but the pleasures drew the magistrates’ frowns.
Length: 164 words
Free Trade and Markets
A Conflict of Interest
Economist Adam Smith warned that when Western commercial interests get involved in policy-making abroad, war and want are sure to follow.
Length: 116 words
Discovery and Invention
The First Steam Whistle
After an accident at a level crossing, the bosses of the Leicester and Swannington Railway acknowledged that drivers needed more than lung power.
Length: 119 words
Private Risk, Public Benefit
For George Stephenson, the motto of the Stockton and Darlington Railway was a code to live by.
Length: 118 words
The British Constitution
A Coy and Humorous Dame
The English ‘Cato’ cautioned that sabre-rattling sanctions and other forms of coercion are never in the country’s economic interest.