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Literature | Wise as the Mayor of Banbury A blundering Sir William Curtis. The mayor referred to insisted that Henry III. reigned in England before Henry II. The following is a fact which happened to myself in 1880. I was on a visit to a country mayor of great wealth, whose house was full of most exquisite works of art. I was particularly struck with a choice china figure, when the mayor told me how many guineas he had given for it, and added, "Of course you know `who' it is meant for. It is John Knox signing Magna Charta." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 49 53 45 41 53 54 48 45 4D 41 59 4F 52 4F 46 42 41 4E 42 55 52 59 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01001001 01010011 01000101 00100000 01000001 01010011 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01001101 01000001 01011001 01001111 01010010 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01000010 01000001 01001110 01000010 01010101 01010010 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W I S E   A S   T H E   M A Y O R   O F   B A N B U R Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0049 0053 0045 0041 0053 0054 0048 0045 004D 0041 0059 004F 0052 004F 0046 0042 0041 004E 0042 0055 0052 0059 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)574353392355325442392473559495224940236354836555259 |
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