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Isaac Watts: Author of Joy to the World - JaneAusten.co.uk

Isaac Watts: Author of Joy to the World

Isaac Watts: Author of Joy to the World - JaneAusten.co.uk
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Isaac Watts: Author of Joy to the World

Joy to the world! the Lord is come; Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven, and heaven, and nature sin...

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Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte - JaneAusten.co.uk
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Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte

An amazing woman, in uncertain times

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Who is Sandy Lerner? - JaneAusten.co.uk
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Who is Sandy Lerner?

where did this Fairy Godmother of English women's literature appear from?

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Rudolph Ackermann and his Repository of Arts - JaneAusten.co.uk
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Rudolph Ackermann and his Repository of Arts

The fascinating life of Rudolph Ackermann

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Hannah More and Jane Austen: Mary Crawford and Jane Fairfax - JaneAusten.co.uk
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Hannah More and Jane Austen: Mary Crawford and Jane Fairfax

Arnie Perlstein examines “the sale—not quite of human flesh—but of human intellect”

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Mary Elizabeth (Williams) Lucy - JaneAusten.co.uk
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Mary Elizabeth (Williams) Lucy

The ordinary life and an extraordinary woman...

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Joseph Paisley: 'The Celebrated Gretna Green Parson' - JaneAusten.co.uk
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Joseph Paisley: 'The Celebrated Gretna Green Parson'

"My dear Harriet, You will laugh when you know where I am gone, and I cannot help laughing myself at your surprise to-morrow morning, as soon as I am missed. I am going to Gretna Green, and if you ...

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Princess Caraboo from the Island of Javasu - JaneAusten.co.uk
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Princess Caraboo from the Island of Javasu

She turned up in Gloucestershire in 1817, claiming to be Princess Caraboo from the island of Javasu - saying she had been kidnapped by pirates before escaping and making her way to England. The fac...

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Gentleman John Jackson and Daniel Mendoza: Heavy Hitters of Regency Boxing - JaneAusten.co.uk
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Gentleman John Jackson and Daniel Mendoza: Heavy Hitters of Regency Boxing

John Jackson "Gentleman" John Jackson (28 September 1769 – 7 October 1845) was a celebrated pugilist of the late 18th century. He won the title Champion of England in a fight on 15 April 1795 in w...

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The Patronesses of Almack's: The Arbiters of London Respectability - JaneAusten.co.uk
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The Patronesses of Almack's: The Arbiters of London Respectability

The Patronesses of Almack's: The Arbiters of London Respectability Almack's Assembly Rooms was governed by a select committee of the most influential and exclusive ladies of the ton, known as the L...

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James Stanier Clarke: Librarian to the Prince of Wales - JaneAusten.co.uk
James Stanier Clarke

James Stanier Clarke: Librarian to the Prince of Wales

"I am quite honoured by your thinking me capable of drawing such a clergyman as you gave the sketch of... But I assure you I am not. The comic part of the character I might be equal to, but not th...

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D'Arcy Wentworth: Heroic Inspiration? - JaneAusten.co.uk
D'Arcy Wentworth

D'Arcy Wentworth: Heroic Inspiration?

Jane Austen's Aunt was once at risk of transportation to Botany Bay for shoplifting. It is piquant then,  that Austen named two of her major male characters Fitzwilliam Darcy (Pride and Prejudice)...

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