13 March The literary calendar
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he that will live in this World, must be endu'd with the three rare Qualities of Dissimulation, Equivocation, and mental Reservation.
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- Joseph Beaumont: Unidentified painter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- James Laver: Simon Gregory (UK), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Brian Howard: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Sophia Lee: Thomas Lawrence, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Richard Henry Horne: Margaret Gillies, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Brough: Graphic Magazine, April 1870, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Robin Maugham: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized