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Book Catalogue of the Society Fraternity  Williams College  October  MDCCCXLII

Download or read book Catalogue of the Society Fraternity Williams College October MDCCCXLII written by Williams College and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the Social Fraternity

Download or read book Catalogue of the Social Fraternity written by Williams College. Social Fraternity and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the Social Fraternity  Williams College  November  1837

Download or read book Catalogue of the Social Fraternity Williams College November 1837 written by Social Fraternity (Williams College) and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book George Cruikshank s Omnibus  Illustrations

Download or read book George Cruikshank s Omnibus Illustrations written by George Cruikshank and published by BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS. This book was released on 2015-01-05 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Example in this ebook We have been entreated by a great many juvenile friends to "tell 'em all about our Engraved Preface in No. I.;" and entreaties from tender juveniles we never could resist. So, for their sakes, we enter into a little explanation concerning the great matters crowded into "our Preface." All children of a larger growth are, therefore, warned to skip this page if they please—it is not for them, who are, of course, familiar with the ways of the world—but only for the little dears who require a Guide to the great Globe they are just beginning to inhabit. Showman.—"Now then, my little masters and missis, run home to your mammas, and cry till they give you all a shilling apiece, and then bring it to me, and I'll show you all the pretty pictures." So now, my little masters and misses, have you each got your No. 1 ready? Always take care of that. Now then, please to look at the top of the circular picture which represents the world, and there you behold Her Majesty Queen Victoria on her throne, holding a court, with Prince Albert, in his field-marshal's uniform, by her side, and surrounded by ladies, nobles, and officers of state. A little to the right are the heads of the Universities, about to present an address. Above the throne you behold the noble dome of St. Paul's, on each side of which may be seen the tall masts of the British navy. Cast your eyes, my pretty dears, below the throne, and there you behold Mr. and Mrs. John Bull, and three little Bulls, with their little bull-dog; one little master is riding his papa's walking-stick, while his elder brother is flying his kite—a pastime to which a great many Bulls are much attached. Miss Bull is content to be a little lady with a leetle parasol, like her mamma. To the right of the kite you behold an armed man on horseback, one of those curious figures which, composed of goldbeater's skin, used to be sent up some years ago to astonish the natives; only they frightened 'em into fits, and are not now sent up, in consequence of being put down. And now you see "the world goes round." Turn your eyes a little to the right to the baloon and parachute, and then look down under the smoke of a steamer, and you behold a little sweep flourishing his brush on the chimney-top, and wishing perhaps that he was down below there with Jack-in-the-green. Now then, a little more to the right—where you see a merry dancing-group of our light-heeled and light-hearted neighbours, the leader of the party playing the fiddle and dancing on stilts, while one of his countrymen is flying his favourite national kite—viz., the soldier. In the same vicinity, are groups of German gentlemen, some waltzing, and some smoking meerschaums; near these are foot-soldiers and lancers supporting the kite-flyer. Now, near the horse, my little dears, you will see the mule, together with the Spanish muleteers, who, if not too tired, would like to take part in that fandango performed to the music of the light guitar. Look a little to the left, and you behold a quadrille-party, where a gentleman in black is pastorale-ing all the chalk off the floor; and now turn your eyes just above these, and you behold a joyful party of convivialists, with bottles in the ice-pail and bumpers raised, most likely to the health of our gracious Queen, or in honour of the Great Captain of the Age. And now, my little dears, turn your eyes in a straight line to the right, and you will perceive St. Peter's at Rome, beneath which are two young cardinals playing at leap-frog, not at all frightened at the grand eruption of Mount Vesuvius which is going on in the distance. From this you must take a leap on to the camel's back, from which you will obtain a view of the party sitting just below, which consists of the grand Sultan smoking desperately against Ali Pacha. To be continue in this ebook

Book History of Savannah  Ga   From Its Settlement to the Close of the Eighteenth Century

Download or read book History of Savannah Ga From Its Settlement to the Close of the Eighteenth Century written by Charles Colcock Jones and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The Victorians and Ancient Rome

Download or read book The Victorians and Ancient Rome written by Norman Vance and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1997-04-21 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE VICTORIANS & ANCIENT ROME Norman Vance has written the first full-length study of the impact on Victorian Britain of the history and literature of ancient Rome. His comprehensive account shows how not only scholars and poets but also engineers, soldiers, scientists and politicians gained inspiration from the writing, theory and practice of their Roman predecessors. The Roman theme is traced in nineteenth-century painting and music as well as literature and political discussion. There are chapters on the imaginative influence throughout the nineteenth century of five major Roman poets, framed by other chapters on Rome and European revolutions, nineteenth-century versions of Roman history, fictions of Rome, imperialism and decadence. Attention is also paid to the influence of developments in archaeology both at Rome and Pompeii and at Romano-British sites. Professor Vance provides a fascinating account of the sense of connection Victorian Britain felt with the Roman experience, a connection made the more complex because Britain had once been a Roman colony and because Christianity took hold and spread under the Roman Empire.

Book Memorials of the Preston Guilds  Illustrating the Manner in which the Guild Merchant has been Held in the Borough from the Earliest on Record Until the Last Guild in 1862

Download or read book Memorials of the Preston Guilds Illustrating the Manner in which the Guild Merchant has been Held in the Borough from the Earliest on Record Until the Last Guild in 1862 written by William Alexander Abram and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

Book The Floating Republic

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  • Author : C.E Manwaring
  • Publisher : Pen and Sword
  • Release : 2004-05-30
  • ISBN : 184415095X
  • Pages : 308 pages

Download or read book The Floating Republic written by C.E Manwaring and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2004-05-30 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The naval mutiny of 1797 is the most astonishing recorded in British history; by its management rather than by its results. Though it shook the country, it was largely ordered with rigid discipline, a respect for officers and an unswerving loyalty to the King. Moreover, it was so rationally grounded that it not only achieved its immediate end, the betterment of the sailor's lot, but also began a new and lasting epoch in naval administration.

Book The Comic History of Rome

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  • Author : Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1866
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 348 pages

Download or read book The Comic History of Rome written by Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the Edward E  Ayer Ornithological Library

Download or read book Catalogue of the Edward E Ayer Ornithological Library written by Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library and published by Chicago : Field Museum of Natural History. This book was released on 1926 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies from the Earliest Date

Download or read book Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies from the Earliest Date written by James Henry Lawrence-Archer and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The History of Anaesthesia

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  • Author : Richard Stuart Atkinson
  • Publisher : Royal Society of Medicine Press
  • Release : 1989
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 684 pages

Download or read book The History of Anaesthesia written by Richard Stuart Atkinson and published by Royal Society of Medicine Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Mid Calder

Download or read book The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Mid Calder written by Hardy Bertram M'Call and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Roman Officers and English Gentlemen

Download or read book Roman Officers and English Gentlemen written by Richard Hingley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark book shows how much Victorian and Edwardian Roman archaeologists were influenced by their own experience of empire in their interpretation of archaeological evidence. This distortion of the facts became accepted truth and its legacy is still felt in archaeology today. While tracing the development of these ideas, the author also gives the reader a throrough grounding in the history of Roman archaeology itself.

Book The Years of Endurance 1793 1802

Download or read book The Years of Endurance 1793 1802 written by Arthur Bryant and published by Leffmann Press. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...earth. r' = radius of moon, or other body. P = moon's horizontal parallax = earth's angular semidiameter as seen from the moon. f = moon's angular semidiameter. Now = P (in circular measure), r'-r = r (in circular measure);.'. r: r':: P: P', or (radius of earth): (radios of moon):: (moon's parallax): (moon's semidiameter). Examples. 1. Taking the moon's horizontal parallax as 57', and its angular diameter as 32', find its radius in miles, assuming the earth's radius to be 4000 miles. Here moon's semidiameter = 16';.-. 4000::: 57': 16';.-. r = 400 16 = 1123 miles. 2. The sun's horizontal parallax being 8"8, and his angular diameter 32V find his diameter in miles. ' Am. 872,727 miles. 3. The synodic period of Venus being 584 days, find the angle gained in each minute of time on the earth round the sun as centre. Am. l"-54 per minute. 4. Find the angular velocity with which Venus crosses the sun's disc, assuming the distances of Venus and the earth from the sun are as 7 to 10, as given by Bode's Law. Since (fig. 50) S V: VA:: 7: 3. But Srhas a relative angular velocity round the sun of l"-54 per minute (see Example 3); therefore, the relative angular velocity of A V round A is greater than this in the ratio of 7: 3, which gives an approximate result of 3"-6 per minute, the true rate being about 4" per minute. Annual ParaUax. 95. We have already seen that no displacement of the observer due to a change of position on the earth's surface could apparently affect the direction of a fixed star. However, as the earth in its annual motion describes an orbit of about 92 million miles radius round the sun, the different positions in space from which an observer views the fixed stars from time to time throughout the year must be separated ...

Book The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside

Download or read book The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside written by Mark Akenside and published by London, Bell and Daldy [1845?]. This book was released on 1857 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Classics in Britain

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  • Author : Christopher Stray
  • Publisher : Classical Presences
  • Release : 2018
  • ISBN : 9780199569373
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Classics in Britain written by Christopher Stray and published by Classical Presences. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique volume summarizes and reflects the work of a leading voice in the history of Classics in Britain, bringing together both previously published articles, now newly revised, and never before published work. Topics range from the school classroom to the politics of universities, and from the social uses of classical knowledge to the publishing of textbooks: although the volume as a whole maintains a particular focus on the role of books and journals in the reception of Classics, the chapters also draw on anecdotal and documentary sources to offer a vivid exploration of the more obscure corners of the world of nineteenth- and twentieth-century scholars, teachers, and pupils. The book is divided into three parts, the first of which illustrates the utility of comparative analysis of institutions, focusing on Oxford and Cambridge in particular; the second looks at the transformative role of printing and publishing, and at the history of the Hellenic Society (1879) and the Classical Association (1903), in relation to the changing place of Classics in British society. The third focuses on pedagogy, examining textbooks and classroom activity and stressing the dialectical nature of reception, as evidenced by the resistance of pupils to their teachers' lessons. Engaging and insightful in isolation, together they offer an expansive and unparalleled overview of the history and sociology of classical education and scholarship between 1800 and 2000.