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Winter Wisdom by William Cowper

William Cowper feels he has learnt more on one short walk than in many hours of study.

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2060
With Good Intent and Friendly Desire by Ivan IV of Russia

Ivan the Terrible offered free trade to English merchants throughout his dominions.

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2061
With Hymns and Sweet Perfumes by Elfric of Eynsham

Elfric imagines how the Virgin Mary went to her eternal home.

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2062
With the Compliments of Mr Collins by Jane Austen

There is an art to making one’s compliments seem artless.

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2063
Wolves at the Gate by Gerard Shelley

Gregory Rasputin is tricked into attending a dissolute Moscow soirée, and shares his sadness with Englishman Gerard Shelley.

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2064
Words of Praise

Suggest suitable adjectives to describe these nouns when they are at their best.

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How Britain Brought Football to Chile : British expats in Valparaíso kicked off the Chilean passion for soccer.
The Two Shakespeares : Arthur Clutton-Brock complained that idealising Shakespeare had made him dull.
Fairway : Use each noun below in two sentences, first as the subject, and then as the object of a verb.
England Expects : Lieutenant John Pasco not only flew the most famous signal in British history, he helped write it.
Running Late : Use these adverbial clauses in your own sentences.
Peggy’s Dog : Some lines from the comic verse of Thomas Hood, for reading aloud.
An Interruption : Report this conversation without using direct speech.
Tender Plants : Prince Albert regretted the destructive power of the Art Critic.
Lost for Words : Join these ideas together into a single sentence, using ‘although’ or ‘though’.
Loan Words : Match these words to the language they come from, whether Old Norse, Malay or Welsh.
Evidence : Join these ideas together to form a single sentence, using the relative pronoun ‘who’.
Fatal Vow : Robert Pierrepont called heaven to witness that he would never pick a side in the Civil War.
Lost and Found : What would you in these difficult situations?
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