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Heywood, John. The Proverbs of John Heywood. London: George Bell and Sons, 1874, pt. 1, ch. 2.

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Paine, Thomas. The Age of Reason, Part I. London: Joel Barlow, 1794.

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Paine, Thomas. "The Age of Reason, Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology (1794)." Selected Writings of Thomas Paine, edited by Ian Shapiro and Jane E. Calvert. Yale University Press, 2014.

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Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

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Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

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Paine, Thomas. The Age of Reason, Part I. London: Joel Barlow, 1794.

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Paine, Thomas. "The Age of Reason, Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology (1794)." Selected Writings of Thomas Paine, edited by Ian Shapiro and Jane E. Calvert. Yale University Press, 2014.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis. Letter to S.R. Crockett. 15 Aug. 1893.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis. Selected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, edited by Ernest Mehew. Yale University Press, 2001, ch. 15.

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Carroll, Lewis. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. London: Macmillan, 1871, ch. 4.

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Carroll, Lewis. "Through the Looking-Glass." Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass. Macmillan Collector's Library, 2016, ch. 4.

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Newton, Isaac. Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. London: Samuel Smith and Benjamin Walford, 1704, bk. 3, pt. 1, question 31.

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Newton, Isaac. Opticks. Dover Publications, 2012, bk. 3, pt. 1, question 31.

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Paine, Thomas. Rights of man. Part the second. London: J. S. Jordan, 1792.

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Paine, Thomas. "Rights of Man Part the second." Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings, edited by Mark Philp. Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Blake, William. Poem written in his notebook. c. 1792.

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Blake, William. "Love to faults is always blind." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

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Burns, Robert. Quoted in "Auld Lang Syne." Scots Musical Museum. Written by James Johnson. 1796, st. 1.

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Burns, Robert. "Auld Lang Syne." Robert Burns: Selected Poems, edited by Carol Mcguirk. Penguin Classics, 1994.

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Shakespeare, William and John Fletcher. Henry VIII. King's Men, 1613, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. "Henry the Eighth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblattet al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 2.

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Tennyson, Alfred. "Locksley Hall." Poems. Vol. 2, London: Edward Moxon, 1842, I. 182.

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Locksley Hall." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 182.

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Thatcher, Margaret. Speech to members of the National Union of Townswomen’s Guilds. 20 May 1965, Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK.

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Doyle, Arthur. "The Sign of the Four; or, The Problem of the Sholtos." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. London: Lippincott's, 1890, ch. 1.

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Doyle, Arthur. The Sign of Four. The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library. Detective Fiction, 2009, ch. 1.

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Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, I. 1104.

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Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 1104.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 26 Apr. 1776.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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Tennyson, Alfred. "Locksley Hall." Poems. Vol. 2, London: Edward Moxon, 1842, I. 141.

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Locksley Hall." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 141.

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Paine, Thomas. Rights of Man. London: J. S. Jordan, 1791.

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Paine, Thomas. "Rights of Man." Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings, edited by Mark Philp. Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Pope, Alexander. Letter to M. Blount. 1735, I. 270.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Epistle to a Lady." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Dryden, John. Tyrannick Love, or The Royal Martyr. Performed by Nell Gwyn and Margaret Hughes and Michael Mohun and Charles Hart and Rebecca Marshall and William Cartwright. King's Company, 1669, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

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Dryden, John. "Tyrannick Love." The Works of John Dryden, edited by Maximillian E. Nozak and George R. Guffey. Vol. 10, University of California, 1970.