Subjects

Extracts from Literature

in The Copy Book

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37

Money to Burn

Pip receives a visitor from among the criminal classes, but his condescending attempt to play the gentleman rebounds spectacularly.

38

Tough Customer

A little anecdote about a schoolmaster who wasn’t as much of a Wackford Squeers as he appeared to be.

39

Mary’s Lamb

A much-loved children’s poem, even if most of us struggle to remember more than a few lines.

40

Rochester Reverie

Mr Pickwick has embarked on a tour of Kent, and this sunny morning finds him leaning over the parapet of Rochester Bridge, deep in reflection.

41

The Selfishness of Mr Willoughby

Now that Mr Willoughby has been found, and found to be married, Elinor Dashwood has the disagreeable task of making sure that her sister feels it is all for the best.

42

Pater’s Bathe

A charming children’s rhyme that is also a test of the clearest speaker’s diction.