18 May The literary calendar
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But O the truth, the truth! the many eyes That look on it! the diverse things they see!
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- Guy du Maurier: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Cecil Roberts: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Lady Pansy Lamb: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- John Godber: Virgil Lucky, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- George Meredith: George Frederic Watts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized