The Copybook

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

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© Paul Allison, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-A 2.0.

The Battle of Flamborough Head Clay Lane

When captain Richard Pearson of the Royal Navy surrendered to American revolutionary John Paul Jones, Jones naturally assumed that meant he had won.

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Photo by Lt John Warwick Brooke, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

Life’s Infantry Samuel Smiles

However obscure a man may apparently be, his example to others inevitably shapes the future of his country.

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© Bambooo, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0.

Persian Treasures Edith Nesbit

‘Be careful what you wish for’, they say, and there could be no more endearing example.

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© Claudia Yang, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

Alan Blumlein Clay Lane

Railway enthusiast, music lover, and the man who gave us stereo sound.

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© Nick MacNeill, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

Tom and Terrier Jerome K. Jerome

A fox terrier spies what looks like a hapless victim – until he gets up close.

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Via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

The Tragedy of King Oedipus Clay Lane

Oedipus flees home in an attempt to escape a dreadful prophecy, unware that it is following at his heels.

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