The Copybook

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

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By Ernest Board (1877-1934), from the Library and Archives of Canada, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

A Precious Gift John Baron

In 1807, the Government in Canada urged the leaders of the Five Nations to join with them in a medical revolution.

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© Gillian Thomas, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Traveller’s Check James Howell

A much-travelled Spanish visitor amazes an English audience with his tales of wonder overseas, until he is brought up short by his servant.

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From Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

When Godric Sang with Angels Clay Lane

On Easter night, monk Reginald woke from a doze to find the aged hermit Godric singing lustily.

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By John Hoppner (1758-1810), from the National Portrait Gallery via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain (?)

The Candidate William Cowper

William Cowper’s peace was shattered by the arrival of a Parliamentary candidate doorstepping his Buckinghamshire constituents.

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

A Kitten’s Jest William Cowper

In ‘Familiarity Dangerous,’ poet William Cowper tells a little tale warning that if you join in the game you play by the rules.

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

The Tea Committee Sir William Wilson Hunter

Sir William Hunter looks back over a Government committee’s plan to introduce tea cultivation to India in 1834.

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