29 January 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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- Lucy Hutchinson: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Rose Edouin: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey: William Scrots, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Lucy Aikin: Lucy Aikin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Catherine Gore: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Edward Lear: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Angela Thirkell: John Collier, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized