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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Page 114
In order to ascertain this , the chief captain ordered Paul to be brought before the supreme Jewish tribunal – the High ... because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews , he loosed him from his bands ...
In order to ascertain this , the chief captain ordered Paul to be brought before the supreme Jewish tribunal – the High ... because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews , he loosed him from his bands ...
Page 119
Hearing before Agrippa under much pressure from the Jews . So Paul exercised the right of election given to him , as a Roman citizen , by the Roman law . Instead of being tried by the Roman governor in the province , he elected to go ...
Hearing before Agrippa under much pressure from the Jews . So Paul exercised the right of election given to him , as a Roman citizen , by the Roman law . Instead of being tried by the Roman governor in the province , he elected to go ...
Page 120
And Festus said , ' King Agrippa , and all men which are here present with us , ye see this man , about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me , both at Jerusalem , and also here , crying that he ought not to live any ...
And Festus said , ' King Agrippa , and all men which are here present with us , ye see this man , about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me , both at Jerusalem , and also here , crying that he ought not to live any ...
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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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Common terms and phrases
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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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