1. Hannah. 1745--1833, English writer, noted for her religious tracts, esp The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain

2. Sir Thomas. 1478--1535, English statesman, humanist, and Roman Catholic Saint; Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII (1529--32). His opposition to the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon and his refusal to recognize the Act of Supremacy resulted in his execution on a charge of treason. In Utopia (1516) he set forth his concept of the ideal state. Feast day: June 22 or July 6

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Now, you needn't be lonely any more, and I'll try to fill Archie's place till he comes back, for I know he will, as soon as you let him."

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Making one's way through the seemingly endless Arsenale, it was hard to see how a welter of exhibitions was any more sensitive to art and its audience than a single focused show might have been.

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On hearing Henry had changed the sentence to beheading, More joked with his jailer, "God forbid the king should use any more such mercy unto any of my friends...." On the progress up Tower Hill, he carried a small red cross.

The King's Good Servant But God's First, The life and writings of Saint Thomas More. (Book Review)

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