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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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793

A Cricketer’s World

Leigh Hunt reflects on the civilising effect of the game of cricket.

794

Leg Glance

A sportsman and an officer lays a wager that he can make a trigger-happy Irishman go barefoot in public.

795

Perkin Warbeck

With the Lambert Simnel affair not yet forgotten, another boy claims to be the rightful King of England.

796

Sign of Deliverance

While the besieged citizens of Novgorod huddled for protection in the city gaol, Archbishop John remained in his cathedral to pray.

797

Green for Jealousy

The scheming Iago warns Othello against falling victim to jealousy.

798

The Ghosts of Edgehill

The first battle of the English Civil War was a cautious affair, but rumours persisted that it went on long after it had finished.