7 September The literary calendar
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Thought for the day
he that will live in this World, must be endu'd with the three rare Qualities of Dissimulation, Equivocation, and mental Reservation.
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Published on this day
- 2000 Piranha to Scurfy by Ruth Rendell
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- Edith Sitwell: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Taylor Caldwell: James Seneca at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- David Croft: Rob enwiki (Robert Weedon), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- George Smith: William Pether, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Hannah More: Henry William Pickersgill, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Peter Nichols: Louisenichols14, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized