Men of letters

... Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air, of ‘the study of nature and experimental phil- osophy to the prince of Wales, and to men of fortune and leisure, as the surest means of enlarging ... centrality of classical republican ideas to conceptions of culture which functioned as a means of legitimating new forms of social distinction. 9 The discourse of th...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 10:20

... a suitor, there is too much of insincere profession of disinterestedness, too much of exaggerated profession of admiration and devoted service, too much of disparagement and insinuation against ... Praise of Knowledge belongs, also, one in Praise of the Queen. As one is an early specimen of his manner of writing on philosophy, so this is a specimen of what was equally char...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 00:20

... of this growing sense of a wider social obli- The republic of letters 31 gation that we must locate Dena Goodman’s description of the ‘seriousness of purpose’ of the Enlightenment republic of ... uniting the sentiments and views of men and of nations, forms a concert of wills, and a concur- rence of action too powerful for the armies of tyrants’ (2 (1788): 324–5)....

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 10:20

... human soul. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Man of Letters as a Man of Business, by William Dean Howells *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MAN OF LETTERS, MAN OF BUSINESS *** ***** ... new eBooks. The Man of Letters as a Man of Business, by The Man of Letters as a Man of Business, by 20 A free ebook from http://manybooks.net/ The Man of Letters...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 19:20

... débauchée of wit." His comments on the men of genius of his time are almost all written in a vein of satirical intolerance. He spoke ill of Sterne and Dr. Johnson, of Fielding and Richardson, of ... kind of commentatory review which I have been discussing. It is generally the comment of a lazy brain, instead of being, like the other, the comment of a clever brain....

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 06:20

... means of speculation in corporate securities, found the means of extracting from many men a part or all of their savings. He exploited the eagerness of men to grow rich by making their profit, ... changes in the price of investment certificates. He perceived also the uses of the bank as an instrument for creating an immense reservoir of savings funds as well as an instrument...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 23:20

... the Giant of Mars (1940) • The Gods of Mars (1918) • A Fighting Man of Mars (1930) • The Master Mind of Mars (1927) • Swords of Mars (1934) • The Warlord of Mars (1918) • The Chessmen of Mars (1922) • ... sign of ornamentation. No art relieved the austerity of gloomy, lava-brown corridors and bare, rectangular cham- bers. No hangings softened the sharp edges of openings; n...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 15:20

... of the Apes (1912) • A Princess of Mars (1912) • John Carter and the Giant of Mars (1940) • The Gods of Mars (1918) • A Fighting Man of Mars (1930) • The Master Mind of Mars (1927) • Swords of ... claimants could not come to some agree- ment among themselves. This decided, one of the jeds addressed us men prisoners. "How many of you will serve us as officers of our...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 14:20

... AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT 182 LETTERS OF COMPLAINT AND ADJUSTMENT 186 CREDIT AND COLLECTION LETTERS 193 LETTERS OF APPLICATION 211 LETTERS OF REFERENCE 217 LETTERS OF INTRODUCTION 220 LETTERS OF INQUIRY ... 42 Specimen of formal wedding invitation 48 Specimens of formal invitations to a wedding reception 51 Specimen of wedding announcement 54 Specimens of formal dinner...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 18:20

... Teutonic lover of freedom. Hence the recommendation so strongly urged in the report of the Committee of Ten and emphasized, also, in the report of the Committee of Fifteen that the study of Greek, ... so that their blood, instead of their tears, flowed for the loss of their great leader. They enclosed his body in three coffins one of gold, one of silver, and one of iron...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 15:20