19 February The literary calendar
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So for the mother’s sake the child was dear, And dearer was the mother for the child.
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- David Garrick: Angelica Kauffmann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Richard Cumberland: George Romney, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Helen Fielding: HFprofemail at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Tom Rob Smith: Lesekreis, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Elizabeth Carter: John Fayram, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Bernard Barton: Unknown (published by Hall, Virtue, and Co, 1849), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Bernard Newman: Simon Hipkin, his grandson, scanned & cropped from autobiography, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Lady Pansy Lamb: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized