Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
Blog
Copybook
Think & Speak
Games
KJV Bible
By Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
When Julius Caesar entered the Senate that day, a note warning him of treachery was clutched in his hand — unread.
Read
© Brian Deegan, Geograph. CC BY-SA 2.0.
A German soldier stopped the Great War so he could ask Captain Hulse to post a letter for him.
© Vladimir Kosov (2018), via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.
Malacca became a refuge from the overbearing empires of the Far East, thanks to a celebrated Chinese admiral.
From the Lindisfarne Gospels, ca. AD 700, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
St Mark wrote his Gospel as a summary of the preaching of St Peter.
By Yevgeny Khaldei (1916-1997), viua Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
In 1941, with much of the West subdued, Adolf Hitler bent the full force of his hatred on Moscow.
US Department of Defense, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
On May 8th, 1945, Winston Churchill took to the radio to tell the British public that almost six years of war were ended.
Clay Lane Home
Search
The Copybook
Think and Speak
Comfortable Words
Word Games
Featured Authors
Featured Subjects
Search The Copybook
About Clay Lane
Close Menu