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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... sent out our finest regiments to Calais . They got there on 23 May 1940 . ii The 60th Rifles The story of Calais has ... sent to stand off Calais for the purpose but the plan was altered . Instead of being taken off in waiting destroyers ...
... sent out our finest regiments to Calais . They got there on 23 May 1940 . ii The 60th Rifles The story of Calais has ... sent to stand off Calais for the purpose but the plan was altered . Instead of being taken off in waiting destroyers ...
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... sent a plenipotentiary to the German Command , surrendered his Army , and exposed our whole flank and means of retreat . So in doing this and in exposing this flank ... it seemed impossible that any large number of Allied troops could ...
... sent a plenipotentiary to the German Command , surrendered his Army , and exposed our whole flank and means of retreat . So in doing this and in exposing this flank ... it seemed impossible that any large number of Allied troops could ...
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... sent her servant to a justice of the peace to give information concerning him . There was the greatest difficulty even to show that Hickes had been in the rebellion , and the Judge was worked up to a pitch of fury by being obliged ...
... sent her servant to a justice of the peace to give information concerning him . There was the greatest difficulty even to show that Hickes had been in the rebellion , and the Judge was worked up to a pitch of fury by being obliged ...
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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