Events
- February 2 - Alexander Selkirk, the original Robinson Crusoe, is rescued and returns to civilisation.
- April 12 - The Tatler is founded by Richard Steele.
- The British Parliament passes the Statute of Anne, the first modern copyright act.
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“One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape ... it allows us to fix our emotions on events at the moment they occur, it permits a union of heart and mind and tongue and tear.”
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“Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child’s loss of a doll and a king’s loss of a crown are events of the same size.”
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“Just as a mirror may be used to reflect images, so ancient events may be used to understand the present.”
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