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A Jane Austen book makes reference to baseball.
A Jane Austen book makes reference to baseball.
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Introducing her tom-boy heroine Catherine Morland, Austen wrote:
"It was not very wonderful that Catherine, who had nothing heroic about her, should prefer cricket, base-ball, riding on horseback, and running about the country at the age of fourteen, to books."
Such a fleeting reference indicated that Austen's readers were familiar with the sport, argued Mr Norridge.
Introducing her tom-boy heroine Catherine Morland, Austen wrote:
"It was not very wonderful that Catherine, who had nothing heroic about her, should prefer cricket, base-ball, riding on horseback, and running about the country at the age of fourteen, to books."
Such a fleeting reference indicated that Austen's readers were familiar with the sport, argued Mr Norridge.
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In 2005, The Isle of Man briefly renamed itself to Isle of Woman.
In 2005, The Isle of Man briefly renamed itself to Isle of Woman.
That's a fact.It was in january 2005
"The Isle of Man, sober home of tax exiles, Sir Norman Wisdom, and people who would prefer to live in 1958, is to go all silly at the weekend and rename itself the Isle of Woman.
For two days, women will benefit from a pink bill of rights which will command men to wait on them hand and foot, lower the toilet seat after use and not complain when the phone is in constant use."
"The Isle of Man, sober home of tax exiles, Sir Norman Wisdom, and people who would prefer to live in 1958, is to go all silly at the weekend and rename itself the Isle of Woman.
For two days, women will benefit from a pink bill of rights which will command men to wait on them hand and foot, lower the toilet seat after use and not complain when the phone is in constant use."
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Margaret Thatcher first became famous when she refused to wear a bikini as a contestant in the 1955 Miss England pageant.
Margaret Thatcher first became famous when she refused to wear a bikini as a contestant in the 1955 Miss England pageant.
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