Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1285

The Music of the Spheres

Sir William Herschel not only discovered Uranus and infrared radiation, but composed two dozen symphonies as well.

1286

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Hermia and her lover Lysander elope from Athens, only to become tangled with squabbling fairies in the woods.

1287

The Gift of the Gab

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

1288

The Siren ‘Greatness’

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

1289

The Jacobite Rebellions

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

1290

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.