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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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697

I’ll Tell You Who Time Gallops Withal

Rosalind explains to Orlando that Time moves at different paces depending on who you are.

698

The Doctor Will Fleece You Now

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

699

Much Cry but Little Wool

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

700

The Best and Worst of Britain

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

701

A Country Squire in London

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

702

Eternal Lines

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