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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1387

‘The marriage cannot go on!’

The cup of happiness is dashed from Jane Eyre’s lips.

1388

The Peculiar Customs of Lilliput

The people of Lilliput are strangely small, but their ideas are bizarre in a big way.

1389

‘There is a Tide in the Affairs of Men’

Brutus tells Cassius to act while everything is going his way, or be left with nothing but regrets.

1390

The Adoration of the Magi

Persian star-gazers hasten to Israel for the birth of a royal heir, but find that King Herod has had his fill of them.

1391

The Love of the Lindseys

Young Montague Bertie, Lord Willougby, tended his dying father behind enemy lines.

1392

The Martyrdom of St Stephen

Stephen was the first person to lose his life because he was a follower of Jesus Christ.