The Copybook

Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.

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© Stephen Craven, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Liberty-Lovers Ralph Waldo Emerson

American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson praises the English public for still loving freedom, despite their politicians.

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The Supreme Indignity Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Lord Salisbury tells his fellow statesmen that no country should have its laws dictated from abroad.

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Trunk and Disorderly Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley watches on as one of his soldiers is rescued from a watery grave.

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Never say ‘What, never?’ again Charles Willeby

That infernal nonsense ‘Pinafore’ took America by storm.

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© Martin Jernberg, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

Job’s City of Joy

The East India Company’s top agent in India was also the man who put Calcutta on the world map.

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© Alan Pennington, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

The Real Merchant William Cobbett

William Cobbett makes a distinction between everyday business and the murky world of Westminster lobbyists and financial speculation.

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