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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Roses and Poor-Rates

When Robert Southey called for a fairer and greener economy, Thomas Macaulay warned that only politicians and bureaucrats would thank him.

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Career Change

An unemployed French labourer was amazed when a friend suggested becoming a French master to refined English ladies.

567

Till We Meet Again

When Lili Dehn was bundled out of the Alexander Palace in the Spring of 1917, Empress Alix reassured her that they would meet again.

568

Up Before the Bench

As a young prince Henry V was ‘fierce and of wanton courage,’ Thomas Elyot tells us, but there was one man with courage to match his.

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Master and Slave

A runaway slave is recaptured, and charged with ingratitude by the master who has taken such pains to afford him economic security.

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‘What Shall I Do?’

John Bunyan’s ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ opens with Christian wondering how to convince his wife that their town and their family are in immediate danger.