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 85
And ever since that , ' the Hatter went on , in a mournful tone , ' he won't do a thing I ask ! It's always six o'clock now . ' A bright idea came into Alice's head . ' Is that the reason so many tea - things are put out here ?
And ever since that , ' the Hatter went on , in a mournful tone , ' he won't do a thing I ask ! It's always six o'clock now . ' A bright idea came into Alice's head . ' Is that the reason so many tea - things are put out here ?
Page 117
And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man , neither raising up the people , neither in the synagogues , nor in the city ; Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me . But this I confess unto thee ...
And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man , neither raising up the people , neither in the synagogues , nor in the city ; Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me . But this I confess unto thee ...
Page 119
For if I be an offender , or have committed any thing worthy of death , I refuse not to die : but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me , no man may deliver me unto them . I appeal unto Caesar .
For if I be an offender , or have committed any thing worthy of death , I refuse not to die : but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me , no man may deliver me unto them . I appeal unto Caesar .
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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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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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