The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta

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07.15.2022
CHAPTER XII - Alice’s Evidence
CHAPTER XII.Alice’s Evidence “Here!” cried Alice, quite forgetting in the flurry of the moment how large she had grown in the last few minutes, and she jumped up in such a hurry that she tipped over the jury-box with the edge...
07.07.2022
Chapter XI. Who Stole the Tarts?
CHAPTER XI.Who Stole the Tarts? The King and Queen of Hearts were seated on their throne when they arrived, with a great crowd assembled about them—all sorts of little birds and beasts, as well as the whole pack of cards: the...
06.29.2022
Chapter X The Lobster Quadrille
CHAPTER X.The Lobster Quadrille The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, and drew the back of one flapper across his eyes. He looked at Alice, and tried to speak, but for a minute or two sobs choked his voice. “Same as if he...
05.30.2022
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Chapter IX - The Mock Turtle’s Story
CHAPTER IX.The Mock Turtle’s Story “You can’t think how glad I am to see you again, you dear old thing!” said the Duchess, as she tucked her arm affectionately into Alice’s, and they walked off together. Alice was very glad to find...
05.23.2022
The Queen’s Croquet-Ground
CHAPTER VIII.The Queen’s Croquet-Ground A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of the garden: the roses growing on it were white, but there were three gardeners at it, busily painting them red. Alice thought this a very curious thing, and she...
03.06.2022
Alice in Wonderland Chapter 6 Pig and Pepper
CHAPTER VI.Pig and Pepper For a minute or two she stood looking at the house, and wondering what to do next, when suddenly a footman in livery came running out of the wood—(she considered him to be a footman because he...
02.20.2022
Advice from a Caterpillar
CHAPTER V.Advice from a Caterpillar The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice. “Who are you?” said the Caterpillar. This...
02.17.2022
Milton’s Musings Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland Chapter 4
CHAPTER IV.The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill It was the White Rabbit, trotting slowly back again, and looking anxiously about as it went, as if it had lost something; and she heard it muttering to itself “The Duchess! The Duchess!...
02.07.2022
Alice in Wonderland Chapter 3: A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale
CHAPTER III.A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale They were indeed a queer-looking party that assembled on the bank—the birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable. The first question of...
01.30.2022
Alice in Wonderland Chapter 2: A Pool of Tears
CHAPTER II.The Pool of Tears “Curiouser and curiouser!” cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English); “now I’m opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-bye, feet!” (for...
01.22.2022
Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland Chapter 1
Milton's Musings Presents Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland Chapter 1 CHAPTER I.Down the Rabbit-Hole Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into...
01.09.2022
Rudyard Kipling’s If
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by...
01.02.2022
Milton’s Musings Old Possom’s Book of Practical cats by Eliot The Addressing of Cats
HE AD-DRESSING OF CATS You've read of several kinds of Cat,And my opinion now is thatYou should need no interpreterTo understand their character.You now have learned enough to seeThat Cats are much like you and meAnd other people whom we findPossessed...
12.26.2021
Milton’s Musings Old Possom’s Book of Practical cats by Eliot Skimbleshanks
SKIMBLESHANKS: THE RAILWAY CAT There's a whisper down the line at 11.39When the Night Mail's ready to depart,Saying 'Skimble where is Skimble has he gone to hunt the thimble?We must find him or the train can't start.'All the guards and all...
12.20.2021
Milton‘s Musings Old Possom‘s Book of Practical cats by Eliot Bustopher Jones
BUSTOPHER JONES: THE CAT ABOUT TOWN Bustopher Jones is not skin and bones—In fact, he's remarkably fat.He doesn't haunt pubs—he has eight or nine clubs,For he's the St. James's Street Cat!He's the Cat we all greet as he walks down the streetIn his...
12.12.2021
Milton‘s Musings Old Possom‘s Book of Practical Cats by Eliot Gus The Theatre Cat
GUS: THE THEATRE CAT Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door.His name, as I ought to have told you before,Is really Asparagus. That's such a fussTo pronounce, that we usually call him just Gus.His coat's very shabby, he's thin as...
12.07.2021
Milton‘s Musings Presents Macavity The Mystery Cat by Eliot
MACAVITY: THE MYSTERY CAT Macavity's a Mystery Cat: he's called the Hidden Paw—For he's the master criminal who can defy the Law.He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair:For when they reach the scene of crime—Macavity's not there! Macavity, Macavity,...
11.28.2021
Milton‘s Musings presents TS Eliot‘s Mr. Mistoffelees
MR. MISTOFFELEES You ought to know Mr. Mistoffelees!The Original Conjuring Cat—(There can be no doubt about that).Please listen to me and don't scoff. All hisInventions are off his own bat.There's no such Cat in the metropolis;He holds all the patent monopoliesFor...
11.24.2021
Diana Bendo reads The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear
Diana Bendo reads for Milton‘s Musings
11.23.2021
OF THE AWEFULL BATTLE OF THE PEKES AND THE POLLICLES
OF THE AWEFULL BATTLEOF THE PEKES AND THE POLLICLES Together with some Accountof the Participationof the Pugs and the Poms, andthe Intervention of the Great Rumpuscat The Pekes and the Pollicles, everyone knows,Are proud and implacable passionate foes;It is always the same,...
11.17.2021
TS Eliot‘s Old Deuteronomy
OLD DEUTERONOMY Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time; He's a Cat who has lived many lives in succession.He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme A long while before Queen Victoria's accession.Old Deuteronomy's buried nine wives And more—I am tempted to say, ninety-nine;And...
11.07.2021
Milton‘s Musing Old Possum‘s Book of Practical Cats by Eliot Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer
MUNGOJERRIE AND RUMPELTEAZER Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer were a very notorious couple of cats.As knockabout clowns, quick-change comedians, tight-rope walkers and acrobatsThey had an extensive reputation. They made their home in Victoria Grove—That was merely their centre of operation, for they were incurably given to rove.They...
10.29.2021
Old Possum‘s Book of Practical Cats by Eliot The Song of the Jellicles
THE SONG OF THE JELLICLES Jellicle Cats come out to-night, Jellicle Cats come one come all: The Jellicle Moon is shining bright— ...
10.20.2021
The Rum Tum Tugger
THE RUM TUM TUGGER The Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat:If you offer him pheasant he would rather have grouse,If you put him in a house he would much prefer a flat,If you put him in a flat then he'd...
10.10.2021
Growltiger‘s Last Stand by TS Eliot
Apologies for Eliot‘s derogatory reference!
10.04.2021
Milton‘s Musings Presents Old Possum‘s Book of Practical Cats - The Old Gumbie Cat by TS Eliot
Milton‘s Musings Presents Old Possum‘s Book of Practical Cats - The Old Gumbie Cat by TS Eliot
09.28.2021
Old Possum‘s Book of Practical Cats - The Naming of Cats by TS Eliot
Old Possum‘s Book of Practical Cats - The Naming of Cats by TS Eliot
09.19.2021
Alphabet Poem by Edward Lear
Alphabet Poem by Edward LearA tumbled down, and hurt his Arm, against a bit of wood.B said, "My Boy, O! do not cry' it cannot do you good!"C said, "A Cup of Coffee hot...
09.12.2021
The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo
The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo
09.06.2021
The Pronunciation Poem by Trenite
I take it you already knowOf tough and bough and cough and dough?Others may stumble, but not you,On hiccough, thorough, lough and through?Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,To learn of less familiar traps? Beware of heard, a dreadful wordThat looks...
09.05.2021
The Daddy Long Legs and the Fly by Edward Lear
THE DADDY LONG-LEGS AND THE FLY. I. Once Mr. Daddy Long-legs,Dressed in brown and gray,Walked about upon the sandsUpon a summer's day:And there among the pebbles,When the wind was rather cold,He met with Mr. Floppy Fly,All dressed in blue and gold;And, as...
09.05.2021
The Duck and the Kangaroo by Edward Lear read by Pratt Datta
THE DUCK AND THE KANGAROO. I. Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,"Good gracious! how you hopOver the fields, and the water too,As if you never would stop!My life is a bore in this nasty pond;And I long to go out in the...
08.29.2021
A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XXII Part V
A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XXII Part V: Henry the Vi, The Duke of York and the beginning of the War of the Roses between Lancaster and York
08.22.2021
A Child's History of England by Dickens Chapter 22 part IV
A Child's History of England by Dickens Chapter 22 part IV: Useless Henry the VI, Jack Cade's Kent Uprising and Death, and the rise of the Duke of York!
08.15.2021
A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XXII Part III
A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XXII Part III: Joan of Arc's Capture and Death in 1431. She was 19.
08.09.2021
A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XXII Part II. Joan of Arc's victory
A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XXII Part II. Joan of Arc's victory and Charles the Vii's coronation at Rheims
08.01.2021
Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
Milton's Musings Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
08.01.2021
A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XXII Part I
A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XXII Part I: Henry the VI and the coming of Joan of Arc Part I
07.25.2021
The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear
Runcible: A fork shaped like a spoon Quince: A pear-like fruit from Western Asia
07.18.2021
A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XXI Part II
A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XXI Part II: The death of Henry V
07.13.2021
Chapter XXI: England under King Henry the V
Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt (Azincourt)
07.04.2021
The Jumblies by Edward Lear
A story of risk and adventure The Jumblies BY EDWARD LEAR I They went to sea in a Sieve, they did, In a Sieve they went to sea: In spite of all their friends could say, On a winter’s morn, on a stormy day, In a Sieve...
07.04.2021
A Child's History of England by Dickens Chapter XX Henry IV
A Child's History of England by Dickens Chapter XX: Henry IV, his usurping the throne and burning of the heretics
07.01.2021
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin Robert Browning - 1812-1889 I Hamelin Town's in Brunswick,By famous Hanover city;The river Weser, deep and wide,Washes its wall on the southern side;A pleasanter spot you never spied;But, when begins my ditty,Almost five hundred years ago,To see the townsfolk...
06.27.2021
A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XVIIII Part II
A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XVIIII Part II Henry Bollingbroke and the demise of Richard the II
05.31.2021
In Flanders Fields by McRae
During the First World War, the Second Battle of Ypres was fought from 22 April – 25 May 1915 for control of the strategic Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium. The First Battle of Ypres had been fought the...
04.05.2021
A Child's History of England, Richard the 2nd, Part I, Wat Tyler
The misfit Richard the 2nd, Part I, Wat Tyler
03.07.2021
A Child's History of England by Dickens Chapter 18 Part III
A Child's History of England by Dickens Chapter 18 Part III: The Black Price and the 1356 Battle of Poitiers!
02.28.2021
A Child's History of England by Dickens Chapter 18 Part II
Edward II the 1346 battle of Crecy and the coming of the Black Prince
02.21.2021
A Child's History of England by Dickens Chapter 18 Part 1
A Child's History of England by Dickens Chapter 18 Part 1: EdwardIII and Roger Mortimer

What's The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta about?

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The Tory: Perspectives and Poems: Dr Pratt Datta episodes:

CHAPTER XII - Alice’s Evidence

Chapter XI. Who Stole the Tarts?

Chapter X The Lobster Quadrille

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Chapter IX - The Mock Turtle’s Story

The Queen’s Croquet-Ground

Alice in Wonderland Chapter 6 Pig and Pepper

Advice from a Caterpillar

Milton’s Musings Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland Chapter 4

Alice in Wonderland Chapter 3: A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale

Alice in Wonderland Chapter 2: A Pool of Tears

Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland Chapter 1

Rudyard Kipling’s If

Milton’s Musings Old Possom’s Book of Practical cats by Eliot The Addressing of Cats

Milton’s Musings Old Possom’s Book of Practical cats by Eliot Skimbleshanks

Milton‘s Musings Old Possom‘s Book of Practical cats by Eliot Bustopher Jones

Milton‘s Musings Old Possom‘s Book of Practical Cats by Eliot Gus The Theatre Cat

Milton‘s Musings Presents Macavity The Mystery Cat by Eliot

Milton‘s Musings presents TS Eliot‘s Mr. Mistoffelees

Diana Bendo reads The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear

OF THE AWEFULL BATTLE OF THE PEKES AND THE POLLICLES

TS Eliot‘s Old Deuteronomy

Milton‘s Musing Old Possum‘s Book of Practical Cats by Eliot Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer

Old Possum‘s Book of Practical Cats by Eliot The Song of the Jellicles

The Rum Tum Tugger

Growltiger‘s Last Stand by TS Eliot

Milton‘s Musings Presents Old Possum‘s Book of Practical Cats - The Old Gumbie Cat by TS Eliot

Old Possum‘s Book of Practical Cats - The Naming of Cats by TS Eliot

Alphabet Poem by Edward Lear

The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo

The Pronunciation Poem by Trenite

The Daddy Long Legs and the Fly by Edward Lear

The Duck and the Kangaroo by Edward Lear read by Pratt Datta

A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XXII Part V

A Child's History of England by Dickens Chapter 22 part IV

A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XXII Part III

A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XXII Part II. Joan of Arc's victory

Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll

A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XXII Part I

The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear

A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XXI Part II

Chapter XXI: England under King Henry the V

The Jumblies by Edward Lear

A Child's History of England by Dickens Chapter XX Henry IV

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. Chapter XVIIII Part II

In Flanders Fields by McRae

A Child's History of England, Richard the 2nd, Part I, Wat Tyler

A Child's History of England by Dickens Chapter 18 Part III

A Child's History of England by Dickens Chapter 18 Part II

A Child's History of England by Dickens Chapter 18 Part 1