22 June The literary calendar
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So, march away; and let due praise be given Neither to fate nor fortune, but to Heaven.
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- Thomas Day: Joseph Wright of Derby, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- H. Rider Haggard: Unknown (Bain News Service, publisher), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Helen Diana Bridgeman: Possibly Lady Evelyn Erskine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Sally Nicholls: Tom Harris, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Katherine Philips: Moustaky, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler: Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Walter de la Mare: Lady Ottoline Morrell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized