Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
The Literary churchman
Author: The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975
Author: British LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
The Romance Literatures: French literature
Author: George Bruner ParksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Eight sermons for Holy week and Easter, tr. by G.F. Crowther
Author: Louis BourdaloueEight Sermons for Holy Week and Easter
Author: Louis BourdalouePublisher:
ISBN: 9781976994258
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
In presenting to the public this selection from the sermons of Bourdaloue, the translator has found it no easy task to express in clear and idiomatic English the well-balanced periods of the original. He hopes, however, that he has not entirely failed to convey to his readers some idea of the author's style, and, what is of more consequence, that the translation, such as it is, is not an unfaithful rendering of the author's impressive words.The little that is known of the life of Bourdaloue is so familiar to all who are interested in such matters, that it is not necessary to repeat it here, As an orator, Bourdaloue was clear, antithetical, harmonious; his learning was wide, and he always handled his subject in a masterly way. In his references to the Fathers, it is not so much their very words, as their teaching and their arguments, which he reproduces in a modern form. But we do him an injustice if we regard him merely as an able reasoner. It has been well said that he was "one who valued a victory over the heart of the humble listener, more than over the judgment of the man of taste."There is one point which must strike those who read these sermons on the Passion; the preacher never permits us to lose sight of the great truth, that the sufferer is God. Keeping in view the impersonality of the Saviour's Manhood, Bourdaloue does not shrink from saying, that it is a God who suffers, a God who is being tortured and crucified, a God who is dying. These eight sermons, most of which were preached before the French Court, will be found to be remarkable alike for their originality and completeness. The translator hopes they may be an aid to the better understanding and the deeper realization of the august mysteries of which they treat. I may add that in this translation the texts of Holy Scripture have generally been quoted from the A.V., except when the rendering of the Vulgate materially differs from it, in which case attention is called to the fact in a footnote.G. F. C.ST. LUKE'S, SOHO.1884.
The Acharnians
Author: AristophanesPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1625580681
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta.
Alderdene
Author: Norris PaulThe Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis
Author: Antoninus LiberalisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317799488
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
These forty-one tales written in the second century AD by Greek author Antoninus Liberalis and translated from the Greek for the first time, offer an unusual insight into the preoccupations and legends of antiquity. These tales are quirky, exciting and sometimes disturbing. Many have relevance for modern as well as classical understanding of psychology and the imagination. Each story is usefully provided with full annotation and commentary.
Chinook Texts
Author: Franz BoasThe Native Races of the Pacific States of North America: Wild tribes. 1874
Author: Hubert Howe BancroftPublisher:
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Category : Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Extensive anthropological, ethnographic, linguistic, archaeological, and historical work on the Indians of the North, Central, and South Americas and, in North America, as far east as the Mississippi Valley.