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proved himself in all respects a worthy minister at the sacred altar of friendship.’
Charles Dickens • David Copperfield
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Roland Allen • The Notebook
If you met Lewis in the street, you might guess that he was a lawyer or a kindly geography teacher. In fact, he was one of the most efficiently deadly men in the British services.
Ant Middleton • First Man In: Leading from the Front
For a leading lady to bring me a letter from her father-in-law is a new experience. She is married to Michael Attenborough, son of Richard, and when Dickie was in New York recently for the opening of Young Winston I dropped him a note. His reply said it was very sweet of me to offer to look after Jane, adding that he knew I would do this anyway.
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Sir Christopher Clitherow
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
ever claim to have been divinely inspired.
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
Before he set off to Hyderabad, Shore had briefed William Kirkpatrick to stick to the existing Triple Alliance, signed four years earlier in 1790, which bound the Marathas,
William Dalrymple • White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India
The recent film Viceroy’s House attempts