Leaves from My Library: An English AnthologyButterworths, 1986 - 256 Seiten 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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... Father William . He brings it into Wonderland for fun . It is , indeed , fun , especially as Father William in his youth ' took to the law ' . This is the way in which Lewis Carroll brings it in : ' Repeat " You are old , Father ...
... Father William . He brings it into Wonderland for fun . It is , indeed , fun , especially as Father William in his youth ' took to the law ' . This is the way in which Lewis Carroll brings it in : ' Repeat " You are old , Father ...
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... father , would succeed to the title and estates , and , after him , Roger . 2 Roger Tichborne i Roger as a French boy Roger's parents had their home in Paris . Roger was brought up as a French boy , speaking French , with a French ...
... father , would succeed to the title and estates , and , after him , Roger . 2 Roger Tichborne i Roger as a French boy Roger's parents had their home in Paris . Roger was brought up as a French boy , speaking French , with a French ...
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... father and uncle . And is such a girl to be my nephew's sister ? Is her husband , who is the son of his late father's steward , to be his brother ? Heaven and earth – of what are you thinking ! Are the shades of Pemberley to be thus ...
... father and uncle . And is such a girl to be my nephew's sister ? Is her husband , who is the son of his late father's steward , to be his brother ? Heaven and earth – of what are you thinking ! Are the shades of Pemberley to be thus ...
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England expects Lord Nelson | 13 |
The death of a king John Buchan | 34 |
The Great Proconsul Lord Macaulay | 50 |
Urheberrecht | |
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