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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1249

The Gift of the Gab

There was one form of power that self-taught engineering genius George Stephenson never harnessed.

1250

The Siren ‘Greatness’

In encouraging women into music, Alice Mary Smith thought promises of ‘greatness’ counterproductive.

1251

The Jacobite Rebellions

Loyal subjects of King James II continued to fight his corner after he, and any real hope of success, had gone.

1252

Fit and Proper Persons

No one is more dangerous than the man who thinks that it is his destiny to direct things for the common good.

1253

Equal before the Law

Queen Victoria assured her subjects that there were no second-class citizens in her eyes.

1254

Victoria and the Munshi

Abdul Karim’s rapid rise in Victoria’s household made him enemies.