Stories
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The poor child’s nurse
Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.
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London, city of lost hospitals
Come on the trail of hundreds of ghost hospitals, whose remnants hold clues to medical treatments of the past.
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Dyslexia and its misconceptions
Overcoming common myths about dyslexia only adds to the challenges of growing up with the condition. Madeleine Morley, who was diagnosed with dyslexia aged eight, goes into myth-busting mode and shares her personal experiences.
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Britain's hero: a poem on the death of his Grace John, Duke of Marlborough.
Giles, Jacob.Date: M.DCC.XXII. [1722]- Books
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The tears of piety. An elegy On the much lamented Death of the Rev. John Fletcher, Late Vicar of Madely in Shropshire; Who died August 14th, 1785. By Way of Condolence to his afflicted Widow, and bereaved Flock. By Philagathos. Multis ille bonis flebilis occidit. Hor.
Philagathos, active 1751.Date: M,DCC,LXXXV. [1785]- Books
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Poems. Containing I. Semira, - an elegy. II. Abelard to Eloisa. III. Ambition.
Date: [1778?]- Books
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The poetical works of James Hammond, Esq. containing his Love elegies.
Hammond, James, 1710-1742.Date: 1798- Books
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Threnodium Apollinare. A funeral poem to the memory of the Right Honourable Henry Hare baron of Colerane. By E. Settle.
Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.Date: 1708