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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Hard Rain

Some likened tax-and-spend to a refreshing shower of rain, but for William Cobbett the rain wasn’t falling mainly on the plain man.

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The Kitten on the Wall

William Wordsworth watches a playful kitten, and makes himself a promise.

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‘Never Trust Experts’

Lord Salisbury seeks to calm the Viceroy of India’s nerves in the face of anti-Russian hysteria.

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Heracles and Cerberus

In the last of his twelve labours, the hero must snatch the three-headed guard dog of the Underworld.

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All Things ‘Nice’

Henry Tilney teases a bewildered Catherine Morland for her lazy vocabulary.

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The Liberty-Lovers

American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson praises the English public for still loving freedom, despite their politicians.