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'sVictory/I 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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The Commons proposed that the chief judges of England should try him with a jury of commissioners . But the Lords rejected the proposal : On January 1 , 1649 , the remnant of the Commons , now the obedient satellites of the army ...
The Commons proposed that the chief judges of England should try him with a jury of commissioners . But the Lords rejected the proposal : On January 1 , 1649 , the remnant of the Commons , now the obedient satellites of the army ...
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All England approved . Cromwell was most popular throughout all the country . He could have made himself King . But he did not . Buchan thinks he should have done : England would have had again that mystic and indivisible centre of ...
All England approved . Cromwell was most popular throughout all the country . He could have made himself King . But he did not . Buchan thinks he should have done : England would have had again that mystic and indivisible centre of ...
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The question was : Who should be King of England ? Charles II died on 6 February 1685 after a lingering illness . According to Lord Macaulay : He apologised to those who had stood round him all night for the trouble which he had caused ...
The question was : Who should be King of England ? Charles II died on 6 February 1685 after a lingering illness . According to Lord Macaulay : He apologised to those who had stood round him all night for the trouble which he had caused ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | Leaves from My Library: An English Anthology |
| Author | Alfred Thompson Denning Baron Denning |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Butterworths, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0406176159, 9780406176158 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › Law / Legal History |
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