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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1489

The Fox and the Bramble

A fox tries to save herself from a fall, but finds she would have been better off taking the tumble.

1490

The Fox and the Grapes

Some people disparage what they can’t have.

1491

Hannibal’s Passage of the Alps

Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps with nearly 50,000 men and 38 elephants is the stuff of legend.

1492

The Harmonious Blacksmith

Handel called it ‘Air and Variations’, but by Charles Dickens’s day everyone knew it as ‘The Harmonious Blacksmith’.

1493

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose!

(That’s cat-tails, obviously.) And who ever said cats were unpredictable?

1494

Hephaestus and the Love Net

When he caught his wife with her lover, the ugly blacksmith of the gods showed that he was not without his pride.