The Copybook

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

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© Gpwitteveen, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.

An Invasion of Privacy Dorothy L. Sayers

Perhaps European harmonisation would make life easier, but that would be only the beginning.

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By Friedrich Graetz, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

Brigands and Imbeciles John Bright

John Bright dismissed fears that digging a tunnel under the English Channel would encourage a French invasion.

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Out of Reach Homer

Odysseus recalls meeting Tantalus and Sisyphus, for whom relief was everlastingly beyond their grasp.

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By Mary Beale (?-1699), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: ? Public domain.

Robinson Crusoe Goes to Sea Daniel Defoe

Hours after running away to sea, Robinson Crusoe was sorry he ever left home.

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By an anonymous artist, c. 1700-1753, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

A Day in Georgian London John Macky

A foreign tourist writes home with an account of a day in the life of a typical London gentleman.

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By Wilhelm Camphausen (1818–1885), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

The Right Words in the Wrong Order Mr Addison

Such was the reputation of the Prussian army in the days of the Frederick the Great that even foreigners wanted to join.

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