Author: John RuskinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian literature, Early (Selections: Extracts, etc.)
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
"Our Fathers Have Told Us."
Author: John RuskinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian literature, Early (Selections: Extracts, etc.)
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Lord Chesterfield's Letters
Author: Lord ChesterfieldPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199554846
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
`My object is to have you fit to live; which, if you are not, I do not desire that you should live at all.' So wrote Lord Chesterfield in one of the most celebrated and controversial correspondences between a father and son. Chesterfield wrote almost daily to his natural son, Philip, from 1737 onwards, providing him with instruction in etiquette and the worldly arts. Praised in their day as a complete manual of education, and despised by Samuel Johnson for teaching `the morals of a whore and the manners of a dancing-master', these letters reflect the political craft of a leading statesman and the urbane wit of a man who associated with Pope, Addison, and Swift. The letters reveal Chesterfield's political cynicism and his belief that his country had `always been goverened by the only two or three people, out of two or three millions, totally incapable of governing', as well as his views on good breeding. Not originally intended for publication, this entertaining correspondence illuminates fascinating aspects of eighteenth-century life and manners. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
About the Contemplative Life
Author: Philo (of Alexandria.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Hitler
Author: Max DomarusPublisher:
ISBN: 9781850432067
Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Bibliotheca Heberiana ; Catalogue Of The Library Of The Late Richard Heber, Esq
Author: Richard HeberMutuae Relationes (Mutual Relationship)
Author: Catholic Church. Congregatio pro Religiosis et Institutis SaecularibusPublisher: USCCB Publishing
ISBN: 9781574556346
Category : Monks
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The Pope's Body
Author: Agostino Paravicini-BaglianiPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226034379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
In contrast to the role traditionally fulfilled by secular rulers, the pope has been perceived as an individual person existing in a body subject to decay and death, yet at the same time a corporeal representation of Christ and the Church, eternity and salvation. Using an array of evidence from the eleventh through the fifteenth centuries, Agostino Paravicini- Bagliani addresses this paradox. He studies the rituals, metaphors, and images of the pope's body as they developed over time and shows how they resulted in the expectation that the pope's body be simultaneously physical and metaphorical. Also included is a particular emphasis on the thirteenth century when, during the pontificate of Boniface VIII (1294-1303), the papal court became the focus of medicine and the natural sciences as physicians devised ways to protect the pope's health and prolong his life. Masterfully translated from the Italian, this engaging history of the pope's body provides a new perspective for readers to understand the papacy, both historically and in our own time.
Anti-Gender Campaigns in Europe
Author: Roman KuharPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1786600013
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
This edited collection offers a transnational and comparative approach to understanding anti-gender mobilizations in Europe.
Lord Chesterfield's Letters to His Son and Godson
Author: Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of ChesterfieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The Cult at the End of the World
Author: David E. KaplanPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780099728511
Category : Armageddon
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description