Author: DecreesPublisher:
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Category : Dogma
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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The Divine Decrees, in Their Bearing Upon Social Life and Civil Allegiance: a Common Sense Expostulation
Author: DecreesDictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature: D-G
Author: Samuel HalkettPublisher:
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Category : Anonyms and pseudonyms, English
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The Tablet
Author: The life of ... William Ewart Gladstone. Jubilee ed
Author: George Barnett SmithPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The Bulwark, Or, Reformation Journal
Author: The True and the False Infallibility of the Popes
Author: Joseph FesslerPublisher:
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Category : Popes
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and Its Influence on Morals and Happiness
Author: William GodwinPublisher:
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Category : Political ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Compendium of the Impending Crisis of the South
Author: Hinton Rowan HelperPublisher: Gale Cengage Learning
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Category : Enslaved persons
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This book condemns slavery, by appealed to whites' rational self-interest, rather than any altruism towards blacks. Helper claimed that slavery hurt the Southern economy by preventing economic development and industrialization, and that it was the main reason why the South had progressed so much less than the North since the late 18th century.
Aids to reflection in the formation of a manly character on the several grounds of prudence, morality and religion
Author: Samuel Taylor ColeridgePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
The Devil’s Dictionary
Author: Ambrose BiercePublisher: Standard Ebooks
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
“Dictionary, n: A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work.” Bierce’s groundbreaking Devil’s Dictionary had a complex publication history. Started in the mid-1800s as an irregular column in Californian newspapers under various titles, he gradually refined the new-at-the-time idea of an irreverent set of glossary-like definitions. The final name, as we see it titled in this work, did not appear until an 1881 column published in the periodical The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp. There were no publications of the complete glossary in the 1800s. Not until 1906 did a portion of Bierce’s collection get published by Doubleday, under the name The Cynic’s Word Book—the publisher not wanting to use the word “Devil” in the title, to the great disappointment of the author. The 1906 word book only went from A to L, however, and the remainder was never released under the compromised title. In 1911 the Devil’s Dictionary as we know it was published in complete form as part of Bierce’s collected works (volume 7 of 12), including the remainder of the definitions from M to Z. It has been republished a number of times, including more recent efforts where older definitions from his columns that never made it into the original book were included. Due to the complex nature of copyright, some of those found definitions have unclear public domain status and were not included. This edition of the book includes, however, a set of definitions attributed to his one-and-only “Demon’s Dictionary” column, including Bierce’s classic definition of A: “the first letter in every properly constructed alphabet.” Bierce enjoyed “quoting” his pseudonyms in his work. Most of the poetry, dramatic scenes and stories in this book attributed to others were self-authored and do not exist outside of this work. This includes the prolific Father Gassalasca Jape, whom he thanks in the preface—“jape” of course having the definition: “a practical joke.” This book is a product of its time and must be approached as such. Many of the definitions hold up well today, but some might be considered less palatable by modern readers. Regardless, the book’s humorous style is a valuable snapshot of American culture from past centuries. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.