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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... wife and children behind . The book is the Bible and Bunyan repeatedly quotes from it . ii ' What shall I do ... Wife and Children should not perceive his distress ; but he could not be silent long , because that his trouble increased ...
... wife and children behind . The book is the Bible and Bunyan repeatedly quotes from it . ii ' What shall I do ... Wife and Children should not perceive his distress ; but he could not be silent long , because that his trouble increased ...
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... wife at Edmonton and galloped on to Ware . At Edmonton , his loving wife From the balcony espied Her tender husband , wondering much To see how he did ride . ' Stop , stop , John Gilpin ! - Here's the house ! ' They all at once did cry ...
... wife at Edmonton and galloped on to Ware . At Edmonton , his loving wife From the balcony espied Her tender husband , wondering much To see how he did ride . ' Stop , stop , John Gilpin ! - Here's the house ! ' They all at once did cry ...
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... Wife of Bath Now I come to the most celebrated of all the pilgrims . The good wife from near Bath . You must picture her from Chaucer's description . She was somewhat deaf , which was a pity . But she made cloth better than those of ...
... Wife of Bath Now I come to the most celebrated of all the pilgrims . The good wife from near Bath . You must picture her from Chaucer's description . She was somewhat deaf , which was a pity . But she made cloth better than those of ...
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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