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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1255

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Hermia and her lover Lysander elope from Athens, only to become tangled with squabbling fairies in the woods.

1256

The Gift of the Gab

There was one form of power that self-taught engineering genius George Stephenson never harnessed.

1257

The Siren ‘Greatness’

In encouraging women into music, Alice Mary Smith thought promises of ‘greatness’ counterproductive.

1258

The Jacobite Rebellions

Loyal subjects of King James II continued to fight his corner after he, and any real hope of success, had gone.

1259

Fit and Proper Persons

No one is more dangerous than the man who thinks that it is his destiny to direct things for the common good.

1260

Equal before the Law

Queen Victoria assured her subjects that there were no second-class citizens in her eyes.