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‘Politically Repurposed’ Copy of Famous Shakespearean Love Sonnet Discovered Inside a 17th-Century Poetry CollectionThe rare handwritten copy of "Sonnet 116" features several additional lines, which may have been an attempt to insert British ...
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After Failing Math Twice, a Young Benjamin Franklin Turned to This Popular 17th-Century TextbookAs Franklin later recalled, he “acquired fair writing pretty soon ... decimal British currency and a gentle introduction to 17th-century England’s bamboozling array of weights and measures.
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