The Copybook

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

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By Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Heracles and Omphale E. M. Berens

As penance for involuntary manslaughter, Heracles was sentenced to slavery under the playful rod of Omphale, Queen of Lydia.

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© Ashab, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Perils of the Learned

Persian scholar Al-Ghazali feared for any country where morals were lagging behind brains.

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The Black Rood of Scotland The Rites of Durham

When the Reformers sold off the treasures of Durham Cathedral, they sold a priceless piece of Scottish history into oblivion.

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By Henry Fuseli (1741-1825), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. Colour levels brightened.

Infirm of Purpose! William Shakespeare

After the murder of King Duncan, Lady Macbeth is alarmed to see her husband losing his grip on reality.

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© Michal Klajban, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Long Arm of Rob Roy Dorothy Wordsworth

Nearly seventy years after his death, the roguish laird still cast a spell over the farm-folk of the Highlands.

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© Basile Morin, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Manners Makyth Man Edmund Saul Dixon

The Revd Edmund Dixon urged young people to think about what a little politeness could do for them.

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