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First and Last

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“When a man weighs anchor in a little ship or a large one he does a jolly thing! He cuts himself off and he starts for freedom and for the chance of things. He pulls the jib a-weather, he leans to her slowly pulling round, he sees the wind getting into the mainsail, and he feels that she feels the helm. He has her on a slant of the wind, and he makes out between the harbour piers.” (quotation from Hilaire Belloc)

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Chapters

Chapter 1
Chapter 01 On Weighing Anchor
06:28
Chapter 2
Chapter 02 On Reveillon
08:16
Chapter 3
Chapter 03 On Cheeses
10:55
Chapter 4
Chapter 04 The Captain of Industry
12:25
Chapter 5
Chapter 05 The Inventor
13:04
Chapter 6
Chapter 06 The Views of England
10:55
Chapter 7
Chapter 07 The Lunatic
10:59
Chapter 8
Chapter 08 The Inheritance of Humour
08:17
Chapter 9
Chapter 09 The Old Gentelman's Opinions
11:57
Chapter 10
Chapter 10 On Historical Evidence
18:45
Chapter 11
Chapter 11 The Absence of the Past
11:46
Chapter 12
Chapter 12 St. Patrick
08:59
Chapter 13
Chapter 13 The Lost Things
08:01
Chapter 14
Chapter 14 On Historical Evidence
12:53
Chapter 15
Chapter 15 The Victory
08:52
Chapter 16
Chapter 16 Reality
13:33
Chapter 17
Chapter 17 On the Decline of the Book
22:44
Chapter 18
Chapter 18 Jose Maria de Heredia
09:20
Chapter 19
Chapter 19 Normandy and the Normans
09:54
Chapter 20
Chapter 20 The Old Things
11:19
Chapter 21
Chapter 21 The Battle of Hastings
11:01
Chapter 22
Chapter 22 The Roman Roads in Picardy
09:45
Chapter 23
Chapter 23 The Reward of Letters
12:27
Chapter 24
Chapter 24 The Eye-Openers
09:21
Chapter 25
Chapter 25 The Public
11:02
Chapter 26
Chapter 26 On Entries
11:45
Chapter 27
Chapter 27 Companions of Travel
09:06
Chapter 28
Chapter 28 On the Sources of Rivers
08:36
Chapter 29
Chapter 29 On Error
10:31
Chapter 30
Chapter 30 The Great Sight
13:55
Chapter 31
Chapter 31 The Decline of a State
09:03
Chapter 32
Chapter 32 On Past Greatness
07:15
Chapter 33
Chapter 33 Mr. The Duke: The Man of Malplaquet
10:15
Chapter 34
Chapter 34 The Game of Cards
12:59
Chapter 35
Chapter 35 "King Lear"
08:46
Chapter 36
Chapter 36 The Excursion
12:01
Chapter 37
Chapter 37 The Tide
09:54
Chapter 38
Chapter 38 On a Great Wind
09:24
Chapter 39
Chapter 39 The Letter
09:14
Chapter 40
Chapter 40 The Regret
09:32
Chapter 41
Chapter 41 The End of the World
12:06

First and Last

Chapters

Chapter 01 On Weighing Anchor

Chapter 02 On Reveillon

Chapter 03 On Cheeses

Chapter 04 The Captain of Industry

Chapter 05 The Inventor

Chapter 06 The Views of England

Chapter 07 The Lunatic

Chapter 08 The Inheritance of Humour

Chapter 09 The Old Gentelman's Opinions

Chapter 10 On Historical Evidence

Chapter 11 The Absence of the Past

Chapter 12 St. Patrick

Chapter 13 The Lost Things

Chapter 14 On Historical Evidence

Chapter 15 The Victory

Chapter 16 Reality

Chapter 17 On the Decline of the Book

Chapter 18 Jose Maria de Heredia

Chapter 19 Normandy and the Normans

Chapter 20 The Old Things

Chapter 21 The Battle of Hastings

Chapter 22 The Roman Roads in Picardy

Chapter 23 The Reward of Letters

Chapter 24 The Eye-Openers

Chapter 25 The Public

Chapter 26 On Entries

Chapter 27 Companions of Travel

Chapter 28 On the Sources of Rivers

Chapter 29 On Error

Chapter 30 The Great Sight

Chapter 31 The Decline of a State

Chapter 32 On Past Greatness

Chapter 33 Mr. The Duke: The Man of Malplaquet

Chapter 34 The Game of Cards

Chapter 35 "King Lear"

Chapter 36 The Excursion

Chapter 37 The Tide

Chapter 38 On a Great Wind

Chapter 39 The Letter

Chapter 40 The Regret

Chapter 41 The End of the World