Leaves from My Library: An English AnthologyLeaves from my Library is a unique anthology of English prose which Lord Denning has himself chosen from his library at his country home at Whitchurch. The scenes are many and varied, ranging from the trial of the Merchant of Venice to that of the Knave of Hearts from the decks of Nelson's Victory to the drawing rooms of Jane Austen from the Pilgrims' gathering at the Tabard Inn to Sir Winston Churchill addressing a nation at war. |
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Page 216
... Bennet got to hear of it and told Mr Bennet . - ' What is his name ? ' ' Bingley . ' ' Is he married or single ? ' ' Oh ! single , my dear , to be sure ! A single man of large fortune ; four or five thousand a - year . What a fine thing ...
... Bennet got to hear of it and told Mr Bennet . - ' What is his name ? ' ' Bingley . ' ' Is he married or single ? ' ' Oh ! single , my dear , to be sure ! A single man of large fortune ; four or five thousand a - year . What a fine thing ...
Page 218
... Bennet says that she will see Mr Bennet : ' Lizzy is only headstrong in such matters as these . In everything else she is as good- natured a girl as ever lived . I will go directly to Mr Bennet , and we shall very soon settle it with ...
... Bennet says that she will see Mr Bennet : ' Lizzy is only headstrong in such matters as these . In everything else she is as good- natured a girl as ever lived . I will go directly to Mr Bennet , and we shall very soon settle it with ...
Page 220
... Bennet to her daughters ' room , in her dressing gown , and with her hair half finished , crying out , ' My dear Jane , make haste and hurry down . He is come – Mr Bingley is come - He is indeed . Make haste , make haste . Here , Sarah ...
... Bennet to her daughters ' room , in her dressing gown , and with her hair half finished , crying out , ' My dear Jane , make haste and hurry down . He is come – Mr Bingley is come - He is indeed . Make haste , make haste . Here , Sarah ...
Contents
England expects Lord Nelson | 13 |
The death of a king John Buchan | 34 |
The Great Proconsul Lord Macaulay | 50 |
Copyright | |
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