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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Experience Does It

Wilkins Micawber had little to give David Copperfield at their parting, save two words of advice.

884

A Bit of Luck for his Lordship

George Stephenson was only too pleased to save the Government from its scientific advisers.

885

The Vision of St Fursey

Fursey was a 7th-century Irish monk whose visions of the afterlife made a great impression on St Bede.

886

Free Trade, Free Peoples

Oldham’s firebrand MP William Cobbett rips into the the City of London for blocking economic and political progress in India.

887

All that Glisters is not Gold

Henry Mayhew, co-founder of ‘Punch’, tells two anecdotes about the Victorian cabbie.

888

The Mischief-Maker

A stranger warns the people of Shorapur that they will come to regret their hospitality.