Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780461637793
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
The Quarterly Review; Vol Xlvi, Nov 1821 & Jan 1832
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780461637793
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
The Quarterly Review, Vol. 46
Author: Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780243003792
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Excerpt from The Quarterly Review, Vol. 46: November 1831, and January 1832 We cannot persuade ourselves to think quite so highly of Mr Boswell as his editor appears to do; but we have already, per haps, su iciently intimated our notions on this head, and shall merely take the liberty to add one or two're ections more that have occurred to us, while re-perusing the most readable of books, in regard to Boswell's peculiar qualifications for his task. We have alluded above to his country as a favourable circumstance; and Mr Croker elegantly and judiciously runs over certain ad vantages derived from the social position of the man, and the easy good-natured assurance of his manners. Perhaps, however, he owed most of all to his comparatively juvenile standing at the time when the acquaintance began to the childlike and altogeth er unrivalled humility, in the midst of a world of froth and petu lance; of his personal veneration for the doctor; and, last not least, to his never being, during the doctor's life, an habitual resi dent in London. The man who, by his own talents, raises him self ih any signal and splendid degree above his original position, must in general, if he is to have intimate friends at all, seek them in his new Sphere. To say nothing of his being, in most cases, removed from his earlier circles by physical obstacles, or at least by many intervening barriers of adopted manners, altered and enlarged views, opinions, tastes, and objects, and almost inextri cable involvement in the thousand perp exities of a different sys tem of social arrangements, he is apt, however strength of under standing, generosity of temper, and the tenderness of old recel lections might lift him above attaching serious importance to any external changes, and dispose him to cling on as many points as possible to the connexions of his undistinguished years how ever safe in the true inborn nobility of his intellect from all risk, either of imbibing an unmanly admiration for mere wordly great ness, or shrinking from the consciousness of having, in former times, contemplated its sphere from a hopeless distance he is apt to find his inclinations on this score thwarted by the workings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
The Quarterly Review, Vol. 46
Author: John Taylor ColeridgePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781396327278
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Excerpt from The Quarterly Review, Vol. 46: Published in November 1831, and January 1832 I never thought mankind capable of anything very generous; but the stateliness of these patricians, and the servility of my ple beian brethren, (who, perhaps, formerly eyed me askance, ) have nearly put me out of conceit with my species. I have formed many intimacies and friendships, but I am afraid they are all of too tender a construction to bear carriage a hundred and fifty miles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Cholera 1832
Author: R. J. MorrisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000566595
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Originally published in 1976, this is the account of British society’s response to the threat of disease. It is the story of an administrative fight to exclude the disease by quarantine and to persuade commerce and working-class people to observe carefully thought-out regulations. The story of one of failure – of men hampered by lack of information, lack of resources and lack of a convincing scientific explanation. Medical science failed to see that infected water supplies were the major carriers of the epidemic and failed to acknowledge saline infusion (the basis of successful modern treatment) when it was presented to them by an obscure local surgeon in Leith. The social structure of the medical profession was as much a barrier to scientific advance as the technical limitations of statistical method and microscope. These reactions are explained in terms of the expectations and the understanding of those involved as well as in terms of modern medical knowledge and sociological theory.
The Domestication of Genius
Author: Julian NorthPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199571988
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Focusing on the Lives of Byron, Shelley, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Felicia Hemans, and Letitia Landon, North explores how biographies by writers including Thomas Moore, Mary Shelley, Thomas De Quincey, both perpetuated and, by revealing private weaknesses and domestic failures, challenged the myth of 'the Romantic poet'.
Catalogue of the first (-third and concluding) portion of the ... stock of mr. Henry George Bohn ... which will be sold by auction
Author: Henry George BohnThe European Pentarchy and the Congress of Verona, 1822
Author: I.C. NicholsPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401027250
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
For one reason or another. modem historians have neglected the Congress of Verona. some because they thought the field already had been thoroughly plowed. while others doubted that enough material could be found for more than an article or two on the subject. Indeed. not a single book-length monograph of this international assembly has ever been published in any language. This study. therefore. attempts to fill the gap by (1) explaining the genesis of the Congress. (2) furnishing a comprehensive account of its work. (3) revising some of the interpretations of Sir Charles K. Webster. Harold W. V. Tempedey. and others. and (4) analyzing the significance of the Congress. with emphasis on its contribution to the fall of the Quintuple Alliance. a consequence aided by the dissimilar and often contradictory interests of the allies themselves. This book is essentially a diplomatic history. but diplomats. of course. do not live in a vacuum. Numerous political. social. commercial. financial. and sometimes even religious factors. impinge upon their consciousness.
The Cambridge History of English Literature
Author: Sir Adolphus William WardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
The Journal of political economy
Author: The French Revolution and Enlightenment in England, 1789-1832
Author: Seamus DeanePublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674322400
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description