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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... hear me speak . I'll have my bond ; I will not hear thee speak : I'll have my bond ; and therefore speak no more . I'll not be made a soft and dull - eyed fool , To shake the head , relent , and sigh , and yield To Christian ...
... hear me speak . I'll have my bond ; I will not hear thee speak : I'll have my bond ; and therefore speak no more . I'll not be made a soft and dull - eyed fool , To shake the head , relent , and sigh , and yield To Christian ...
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... hear his doom . That day , Saturday the 27th , saw the end of the judicial travesty .... Bradshawe delivered a vast rambling speech , in which he quoted the Scriptures and the classics , mediaeval lawyers like Bracton , Mariana , Father ...
... hear his doom . That day , Saturday the 27th , saw the end of the judicial travesty .... Bradshawe delivered a vast rambling speech , in which he quoted the Scriptures and the classics , mediaeval lawyers like Bracton , Mariana , Father ...
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... hear the man myself . ' ' To morrow , ' said he , ' thou shalt hear him . ' ii Festus addresses Agrippa There was a hearing before King Agrippa . It could have no legal effect because Paul had already elected to appeal to Caesar , the ...
... hear the man myself . ' ' To morrow , ' said he , ' thou shalt hear him . ' ii Festus addresses Agrippa There was a hearing before King Agrippa . It could have no legal effect because Paul had already elected to appeal to Caesar , the ...
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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