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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mile out of a tiny hamlet called Ellingham , and three miles from Ringwood . It is still there . It has been extended and turned into a preparatory school of high repute . Her husband , John Lisle , had been a strict Puritan in high ...
mile out of a tiny hamlet called Ellingham , and three miles from Ringwood . It is still there . It has been extended and turned into a preparatory school of high repute . Her husband , John Lisle , had been a strict Puritan in high ...
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Chr . Sir , said Christian , I was directed this way , by a man called Evangelist ; who directed me also to yonder Gate , that I might escape the wrath to come : And as I was going thither , I fell in here . Help .
Chr . Sir , said Christian , I was directed this way , by a man called Evangelist ; who directed me also to yonder Gate , that I might escape the wrath to come : And as I was going thither , I fell in here . Help .
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And as to the King you talk of , since he is Beelzebub , the Enemy of our Lord , I defie him and all his Angels . iii Witnesses for the prosecution Evidence was called for the prosecution . Envy was first called .
And as to the King you talk of , since he is Beelzebub , the Enemy of our Lord , I defie him and all his Angels . iii Witnesses for the prosecution Evidence was called for the prosecution . Envy was first called .
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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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