23 July The literary calendar
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There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
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- George W. M. Reynolds: Reynolds's Miscellany, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Coventry Patmore: John Singer Sargent, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Charly Cox: Lyds29Charlotte, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Mary Dickens: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Benjamin Farjeon: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized