7 February The literary calendar

On this day in English literature

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Born on this day 07

Thought for the day

How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!

Reveal who said it

John Milton · On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three (1631)
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Charles Dickens: Jeremiah Gurney, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
William Hurrell Mallock: Elliot & Fry (Life time: (1835-1903) - Clarence Edmund Fry (1840-1897)), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
J. S. Fletcher: UnknownUnknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Olive Custance: Atelier G.C. Beresford, London, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Kevin Crossley-Holland: Mjosefsson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Brian Patten: Eequalsmc3, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Patrick McGrath: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Gabriel Harvey: Thomas Nashe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Ann Radcliffe: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Mary Angela Dickens: Kate Perugini (1839-1929), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Miles Mander: DVD (20th Century Fox), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
William Tenn: Laurie Mann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized