Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Sir Sandford Fleming

What George Stephenson was to the railways of England, Sandford Fleming was to the railways of Canada.

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As Good as his Word

Benjamin Disraeli did not make a promising start to his Parliamentary career - but he did start with a promise.

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The Knight’s Tale

Two noble youths of ancient Thebes fall for the same princess.

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Sweet and Sour

The great Dr Johnson argues that you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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St Nicholas the Wet

Two frantic parents implore St Nicholas’s help in rescuing their baby boy.

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Ring out the Old, Ring in the New

For Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Christmas was a time to let the dead past bury its dead.