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[I]f they strain me up tight, why, let 'em look out! I can't bear it, and I won't.
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- Henry Wotton: Studio of Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Anna Sewell: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Harcourt Williams: unknown (Paramount Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Dennis Hoey: film screenshot (Universal), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire: Thomas Gainsborough, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
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- Kate O'Mara: Bert Verhoeff for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized