Beacon Lights of HistoryCosimo, Inc., 1 gen 2009 - 420 pagine First published posthumously in 1902, this collection of the lectures of American historian JOHN LORD (1810-1894) is a charming rummage through 6,000 years of European and American history, exploring the past from "the old pagan civilizations" to modern leaders and cultures on both sides of the Atlantic. This replica edition features all the original illustrations, hard to come by in other recent versions. It will delight both readers of history and lovers of beautiful, classic books. Volume VII: "Great Women" covers: [ Heloise and love [ Joan of Arc and heroic women [ Saint Theresa and religious enthusiasm [ Madame de Maintenon: the political woman [ Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough: the woman of the world [ women in literature [ women in politics [ the education of women [ George Eliot: woman as novelist [ and more |
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Pagina 23
... passion , a sentiment , and an inspiration . To attempt to describe woman without this element of our complex nature , which constitutes her peculiar fascination , is like trying to act the tragedy of Hamlet without Hamlet himself ...
... passion , a sentiment , and an inspiration . To attempt to describe woman without this element of our complex nature , which constitutes her peculiar fascination , is like trying to act the tragedy of Hamlet without Hamlet himself ...
Pagina 24
John Lord. out its difficulties . The passion or sentiment I describe is degrading when perverted , as it is exalting when pure . Yet it is not vice I would paint , but virtue ; not weakness , but strength ; not the transient , but the ...
John Lord. out its difficulties . The passion or sentiment I describe is degrading when perverted , as it is exalting when pure . Yet it is not vice I would paint , but virtue ; not weakness , but strength ; not the transient , but the ...
Pagina 27
... passion were scarcely able to tarnish , for an exalted soul which eclipsed the brightness of uncommon intellectual ... passions , but whom he never ignored -- or forgot , and against whom he never persistently rebelled LOVE . 27.
... passion were scarcely able to tarnish , for an exalted soul which eclipsed the brightness of uncommon intellectual ... passions , but whom he never ignored -- or forgot , and against whom he never persistently rebelled LOVE . 27.
Pagina 31
... passion depicted on a face both pale and animated , seduced the imagination and commanded homage . Venus Poly- hymnia stood confessed in all her charms , for the time triumphant over that Venus Urania who made the convent of the ...
... passion depicted on a face both pale and animated , seduced the imagination and commanded homage . Venus Poly- hymnia stood confessed in all her charms , for the time triumphant over that Venus Urania who made the convent of the ...
Pagina 40
... passion , forgetful alike of fame and duty . " It became tedious , " said Abélard , " to go to my lessons . I gave my lectures with negligence . I spoke only from habit and memory . I was only a reciter of ancient inventions ; and if I ...
... passion , forgetful alike of fame and duty . " It became tedious , " said Abélard , " to go to my lessons . I gave my lectures with negligence . I spoke only from habit and memory . I was only a reciter of ancient inventions ; and if I ...
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Exalted character | 87 |
Ascendency of Lady Marlborough | 193 |
Voluntary exile of Marlborough | 200 |
Sarah Duchess of Marlborough 221 | 202 |
Unhappiness of the Duchess | 216 |
Provençal poetry in its connection with chivalrous senti | 228 |
Her marriage | 234 |
Friendship with Madame de Staël | 240 |
His old age soothed by Récamier | 249 |
Coronation of Charles | 88 |
Incense offered to | 97 |
Declining days of the Duchess | 102 |
Pleasures of the body the aim of Paganism | 110 |
The age of Saint Theresa | 116 |
Catholic theology | 124 |
Inaugurated a new style in literature | 132 |
The Vision of St Therese | 132 |
Birth of Madame de Maintenon | 146 |
Friendship of the King for Madame de Maintenon | 153 |
Fr de S de la Mothe Fenelon | 154 |
Secret of Madame de Maintenons influence | 164 |
Madam de Maintenon | 165 |
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Her death | 176 |
46 | 178 |
The Duchess of Marlborough compared with Madame | 181 |
Death of William III | 187 |
Reflections on her career | 192 |
Her death | 254 |
WOMAN IN LITERATURE | 263 |
Literary women | 266 |
HANNAH MORE | 278 |
Madame de Stael | 280 |
GEORGE ELIOT | 288 |
Progress of female education | 301 |
Garrick and His Wife | 308 |
Retirement to Cowslip Green | 311 |
George Eliot | 343 |
Nineteenth Century the age of novelists | 346 |
Appearance education and acquirements | 351 |
Mr Gilfils Love Story | 360 |
The Mill on the Floss | 367 |
Romola | 371 |
Felix Holt | 377 |
Theophrastus Such | 384 |
47 | 390 |
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