The Copybook

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

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By Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), © Sailko, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Artful Lizzy Bennet Jane Austen

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.

The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat Eugene Field

In most contests the choices are win, lose or draw, but what happened here remains a mystery.

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© Serge Novikoff, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.

How I Met Nastenka Fyodor Dostoevsky

The story-teller recalls his first meeting with Nastenka, and the man who brought them together.

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By Jose Maria Obregon (1832–1902), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Columbus Arthur Hugh Clough

Arthur Clough marvels at the vision of a man who could cross the Atlantic without knowing there was a farther shore.

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By Just L'Hernault (1832-1922), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Who’ll Turn the Grindstone? Charles Miner

Whenever Charles Miner suspected an ulterior motive, he would say quietly ‘That man has an axe to grind!’

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By Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), via WIkimedia Commons. Public domain.

A Full Day’s Play Charles Dickens

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?

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