The Copybook

Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.

1177

© Bikashrd, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mysore’s Golden Age Clay Lane

The Princely State of Mysore (today in Karnataka) was hailed as an example of good governance to all the world.

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1178

By J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), via the National Gallery and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

The Tempest Clay Lane

A duke with a passion for the art of enchantment is stranded by his enemies on a deserted island.

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1179

Held at the Royal College of Music. Via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

Francesco Geminiani Clay Lane

The most brilliant violinist of his generation, whose finely-crafted compositions showed off bravura and spoke tenderness.

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1180

By Annibale Gatti (1828-1909), via the Wellcome Trust and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0.

The Firstborn Liberty John Milton

John Milton (of ‘Paradise Lost’ fame) urged Parliament not to fall into bad old habits of censorship, whatever their fears may be.

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1181

© Deutsche Fotothek (picture by Roger and Renate Rössing), Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0 Germany.

Inquire Within John Stuart Mill

Philosopher and social activist John Stuart Mill discusses the most liberating kind of education.

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1182

National Portrait Gallery, via Wikimedia Commons.

Charles I and his Parliament Clay Lane

Charles took his rights and duties as a King with religious seriousness, but Parliament’s sense of both right and duty was just as strong.

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