Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
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To do one’s duty is to peep into the mystery of life, and taste reward from another world.
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Sir Walter’s dizzy life brought him fame and fortune in dangerous places, the most dangerous of which was Court.
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Snaring a wild boar turns out to be much less dangerous than keeping centaurs away from their wine.
By an American Colony (Jerusalem) Photo Department photographer, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
After the Great War, the British Government did keep one of her many wartime promises to her allies.
© Thomas Nugent, Geograph. Licence CC-BY-SA 2.0.
An early British king discovers what he is really worth to his daughters.
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An apparent miracle is revealed as sleight-of-hand.