Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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The Supreme Indignity

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

914

Trunk and Disorderly

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

915

Never say ‘What, never?’ again

That infernal nonsense ‘Pinafore’ took America by storm.

916

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.

917

The Real Merchant

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

918

‘I can walk’

A mother is determined to see that her disabled daughter gets the help she needs.