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William Shakespeare
Poet and Poacher
Literary rumour in the time of Queen Anne said that William Shakespeare owed his extraordinary career to a scurrilous ballad.
by Nicholas Rowe 1674-1718
Character and Conduct
The Rests in Life’s Melody
A benevolent lecturer has to persuade a class of restless girls to stay inside on a rainy day.
by John Ruskin 1819-1900
Rudyard Kipling
Kim and the Art of Begging
A street urchin of Lahore takes it on himself to provide a naive Tibetan monk with a hot meal.
by Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936
Discovery and Invention
Abel Tasman in New Zealand
The Dutch explorer ran across two islands in the Pacific of which Europeans knew nothing, but his chief desire was to get past them.
by William Pember Reeves 1857-1932
Lives of the Saints
Angels and Men Agree
The birth of Jesus Christ fundamentally changed the relationship between mankind and the angels.
by Elfric of Eynsham 955-1010
Classical History
An Appeal to Philip Sober
A woman convicted of a crime she did not commit took her case to a higher power.
by Valerius Maximus fl. 14-37