18 October The literary calendar

On this day in English literature

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Thomas Love Peacock1785 · Weymouth English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company (1785–1866)

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So, march away; and let due praise be given Neither to fate nor fortune, but to Heaven.

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Christopher Marlowe · Ferneze, Act V
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Thomas Love Peacock: Henry Wallis, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Paul West: Liz Butler, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized

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