The Copybook

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

1477

© David Wright, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

Captain Moorsom’s ‘Revenge’ Clay Lane

The Whitby man held his nerve to keep five enemy ships busy at Trafalgar, and subsequently led Nelson’s funeral procession.

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1478

© Oast House Archive, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

The Selfish Giant Clay Lane

A giant gets angry when he finds children playing in his garden.

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1479

© Yair Haklai, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Pygmalion and Galatea Clay Lane

Pygmalion discovered that prudishness is not the same as purity.

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1480

© Hein56didden, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Damon and Pythias Clay Lane

A tale of two friends with complete confidence in each other, and loyal to the death.

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1481

© Klaus-Peter Simon, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.

The Gordian Knot Clay Lane

Alexander fulfilled the letter of a prophecy and he did become ruler of the world, but it wasn’t quite fair.

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1482

© China_Crisis, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.5.

The Midas Touch Clay Lane

An ancient Greek myth about the dangers of easy wealth.

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