The Copybook

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

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By Adrian Pingstone, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

The Doctor Will Fleece You Now Sir Richard Steele

Richard Steele goes to Bath for his health, and is cured of more ailments than he had ever had in his life.

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818

By Paul Sandby (1731-1809), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

Much Cry but Little Wool Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison complains that the famous Cries of London are a lot of fuss about nothing.

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819

© Rob Farrow, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Best and Worst of Britain Manoel Gonzales

A Portuguese merchant assesses Great Britain’s market under the Hanoverians.

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820

By Ferdinand van Kessel (1648-1696), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

A Country Squire in London Thomas Babington Macaulay

Lord Macaulay describes the toils of a typical country gentleman visiting London in the time of Charles II.

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821

© Bob Harvey, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

Eternal Lines William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare immortalised his lover in verse, as if holding back for ever the ravages of Time.

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© Vadim Smalkov, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

A Tiger By Morning Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

When Raffles Haw comes to sleepy Tamfield, his breathtaking generosity starts turning heads at once, and one belongs to Laura McIntyre.

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