Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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A Stitch in Time

French economist Jean-Baptiste Say recalls a time when an ounce of prevention might have saved many pounds of cure.

686

Study the Heart

Former slave Ignatius Sancho complained that Britain was denying to Africa the free trade and Christian principles she so badly needed.

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The American Revolutionary War

In 1775, London’s high-handed exploitation of her colonies for tax revenue began to look like a very expensive mistake.

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Montagu’s Frolic

John, Duke of Montagu, that irrepressible prankster, identified a sad-faced soldier in the Mall as the perfect mark.

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Vortigern’s Tower

Geoffrey of Monmouth tells the tale of how Merlin first came to the attention of Britain’s kings.

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Ranelagh Gardens

Horace Walpole, a loyal patron of Vauxhall pleasure gardens, visits newly-opened rival Ranelagh gardens in Chelsea.