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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... society , ―to satisfy longings and cravings that neither Nature nor books nor home could fully meet . With all her genius and learning she was a restless woman ; and even friendship , for which she had a great capacity , could not bind ...
... society , ―to satisfy longings and cravings that neither Nature nor books nor home could fully meet . With all her genius and learning she was a restless woman ; and even friendship , for which she had a great capacity , could not bind ...
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... SOCIETY . Queens of society first seen in Italy • Provençal poetry in its connection with chivalrous senti- 228 ments 228 Chivalry the origin of society . 229 Society in Paris in the 17th Century . 230 Marquise de Rambouillet 230 • Her ...
... SOCIETY . Queens of society first seen in Italy • Provençal poetry in its connection with chivalrous senti- 228 ments 228 Chivalry the origin of society . 229 Society in Paris in the 17th Century . 230 Marquise de Rambouillet 230 • Her ...
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... society Sources of its fascinations 254 254 255 256 MADAME DE STAËL . WOMAN IN LITERATURE . Literature in the 18th Century Rise of Madame de Staël Her precocity Her powers of conversation Her love of society • • Her marriage O • Hatred ...
... society Sources of its fascinations 254 254 255 256 MADAME DE STAËL . WOMAN IN LITERATURE . Literature in the 18th Century Rise of Madame de Staël Her precocity Her powers of conversation Her love of society • • Her marriage O • Hatred ...
Pagina 15
... society 306 · Wearied of it 310 • Her ridicule of fashionable gatherings called society 310 Retirement to Cowslip Green 311 Her patrons and friends . 312 Labors in behalf of the poor 314 Christian education Her distinguished visitors ...
... society 306 · Wearied of it 310 • Her ridicule of fashionable gatherings called society 310 Retirement to Cowslip Green 311 Her patrons and friends . 312 Labors in behalf of the poor 314 Christian education Her distinguished visitors ...
Pagina 28
... society , in which we see the loftiest speculations of the intellect and the highest triumphs of faith blended with puerile enterprises and misdirected physical forces . In this semi - barbaric age Héloïse was born , about the year 1101 ...
... society , in which we see the loftiest speculations of the intellect and the highest triumphs of faith blended with puerile enterprises and misdirected physical forces . In this semi - barbaric age Héloïse was born , about the year 1101 ...
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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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