Leaves from My Library: An English AnthologyButterworths, 1986 - 256 pages Leaves 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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... Lord Maugham Lord Maugham The Tichborne Case ( London , Hodder & Stoughton , 1936 ) . Extracts are reproduced by kind permission of the Executors of the Estate of the late Lord Maugham . Chapter 15 Basil Williams Basil Williams Cecil ...
... Lord Maugham Lord Maugham The Tichborne Case ( London , Hodder & Stoughton , 1936 ) . Extracts are reproduced by kind permission of the Executors of the Estate of the late Lord Maugham . Chapter 15 Basil Williams Basil Williams Cecil ...
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... Sir John Duke Coleridge , the Solicitor - General ( afterwards Lord Chief Justice ) and Mr Hawkins QC ( afterwards Lord Brampton ) . Lord Maugham gives the speeches and evidence at length , covering 160 pages . ii The jury stop the case ...
... Sir John Duke Coleridge , the Solicitor - General ( afterwards Lord Chief Justice ) and Mr Hawkins QC ( afterwards Lord Brampton ) . Lord Maugham gives the speeches and evidence at length , covering 160 pages . ii The jury stop the case ...
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... Lord Mayor of , 86 Long Parliament , 36 , 47-48 Lyme Regis Monmouth lands at , 60-61 Macaulay , Lord Essays and Lays ... Maugham , Honor , 158 Maugham , Lord Tichborne case , on , 158-175 Maugham , Somerset , 158 McArthur , Rosina , 167 ...
... Lord Mayor of , 86 Long Parliament , 36 , 47-48 Lyme Regis Monmouth lands at , 60-61 Macaulay , Lord Essays and Lays ... Maugham , Honor , 158 Maugham , Lord Tichborne case , on , 158-175 Maugham , Somerset , 158 McArthur , Rosina , 167 ...
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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