Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
By Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), © Sailko, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elizabeth Bennet stonewalls her way through a disagreeable encounter with Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
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© MiNe, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0.
In most contests the choices are win, lose or draw, but what happened here remains a mystery.
© Serge Novikoff, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.
The story-teller recalls his first meeting with Nastenka, and the man who brought them together.
By Jose Maria Obregon (1832–1902), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
Arthur Clough marvels at the vision of a man who could cross the Atlantic without knowing there was a farther shore.
By Just L'Hernault (1832-1922), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
Whenever Charles Miner suspected an ulterior motive, he would say quietly ‘That man has an axe to grind!’
By Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), via WIkimedia Commons. Public domain.
It was one of those rare occasions when a game of cricket had not been interrupted by the weather, but would the Church be so forgiving?