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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Page 131
... marry without the court's consent . If a man married her without the court's consent , he was guilty of a contempt of court and could be sent to prison . This was because , at that time , when a young lady married , all her property ...
... marry without the court's consent . If a man married her without the court's consent , he was guilty of a contempt of court and could be sent to prison . This was because , at that time , when a young lady married , all her property ...
Page 221
... marry her own sickly daughter . The conversation is a classic in literature . Lady Catherine makes a journey in grand ... married , but that you , that Miss Elizabeth Bennet , would , in all likelihood , be soon afterwards united to my ...
... marry her own sickly daughter . The conversation is a classic in literature . Lady Catherine makes a journey in grand ... married , but that you , that Miss Elizabeth Bennet , would , in all likelihood , be soon afterwards united to my ...
Page 223
... marriage as it affected Wickham and Lydia ( aged sixteen ) . The legal age for marriage was then twelve for girls and fourteen for boys , but they could not be married ' privately in town ' ( page 571 ) as Jane Austen suggests . So poor ...
... marriage as it affected Wickham and Lydia ( aged sixteen ) . The legal age for marriage was then twelve for girls and fourteen for boys , but they could not be married ' privately in town ' ( page 571 ) as Jane Austen suggests . So poor ...
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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