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 113
... chief captain , . . . ' I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus , a city in Cilicia , a citizen of no mean city : and , I beseech thee , suffer me to speak unto the people . ' And when he had given him licence , Paul stood on the stairs ...
... chief captain , . . . ' I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus , a city in Cilicia , a citizen of no mean city : and , I beseech thee , suffer me to speak unto the people . ' And when he had given him licence , Paul stood on the stairs ...
Page 114
... chief captain thought it necessary to find out what was the offence , if any , which Paul had committed . In particular , to see if it was an offence punishable by death or scourging : because , if it was , as Paul was a Roman citizen ...
... chief captain thought it necessary to find out what was the offence , if any , which Paul had committed . In particular , to see if it was an offence punishable by death or scourging : because , if it was , as Paul was a Roman citizen ...
Page 115
... chief priests and elders , and said , ' We have bound ourselves under a great curse , that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul . Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to ...
... chief priests and elders , and said , ' We have bound ourselves under a great curse , that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul . Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to ...
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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