The aim of these stories is not historical exactitude nor unbendingaccuracy in dates or juxtaposition.

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The life of the pioneer has always been arduous. Not all succeed, and many disappear leaving no trace on the pages of history. Here, painstaking search has uncovered enough of the record to permit us to review the errors of design and manufacture that brought failure to the first attempt to produce a really cheap pocket watch.

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The Fine Lady's Airs; or, an Equipage of Lovers (1709) is an English comedy, first performed on 14th December 1708. By an English attorney, born around 1680, who was active as a playwright in London between 1700 - 1709.

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