21 September 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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- Sarah Scott: Edward Haytley (ca 1740-1764), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- John Fitchett: Thomas Robson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Edmund Gosse: John Singer Sargent, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- H. G. Wells: George Charles Beresford, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Anna Maria Porter: J. Thomson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Mary Gleed Tuttiett: Charles John Arnell (1850-1938), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
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