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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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'I am monarch of all I survey
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' Opening line of William Cowper's Verses Supposed to be Written by Alexander Selkirk (1782). The famous historical castaway (the original of *Robinson Crusoe) comes down heavily against the delights of solitude: Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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