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'Tis fixed, the irrevocable doom of Jove; No force can bend me, no persuasion move.
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- 2012 The Lighthouse by Alison Moore
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- Michael Wodhull: Engraver Edward Harding, after William Nelson Gardiner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas De Quincey: John Watson Gordon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
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- Tony Robinson: Southbanksteve from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Robert Stephen Hawker: Richard Budd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized