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Speeches on Questions of Public Policy;, Volum 2 Richard Cobden Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2018 |
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Side 6 - A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS of All Times and All Countries. Gathered and Narrated Anew. By the Author of
Side 2 - Morte d'Arthur.— SIR THOMAS MALORY'S BOOK OF KING ARTHUR AND OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. The original Edition of CAXTON, revised for Modern Use. With an Introduction by Sir EDWARD STRACHEY, Bart. pp. xxxvii., 509. "It is with perfect confidence that we recommend this edition of the old romance to every class of readers.
Side 14 - Shelley's definition of Poetry as the record of the best and happiest moments of the best and happiest minds. . . . They are like the piping of a bird on the spray in the sunshine, or the quaint singing with which a child amuses itself when it forgets that anybody is listening." — SATURDAY REVIEW. Rossetti (WM). — DANTE'S HELL. See
Side 4 - Messrs. Macmillan have, in their Golden Treasury Series, especially provided editions of standard works, volumes of selected poetry, and original compositions, which entitle this series to be called classical. Nothing can be better than the literary execution, nothing more elegant than the material workmanship"—BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW. The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Side 5 - THE FAIRY BOOK ; the Best Popular Fairy Stories. Selected and rendered anew by the Author of
Side 7 - The Song Book. Words and Tunes from the best Poets and Musicians. Selected and arranged by JOHN HULLAH, Professor of Vocal Music in King's College, London.
Side 7 - TIMES. A Book Of Worthies. Gathered from the Old Histories and written anew by the Author of
Side 5 - Quatorze ;" any previous literature being for the most part unknown or ignored. Few know anything of the enormous literary activity that began in the thirteenth century, was carried on by Rulebeuf, Marie de France, Gaston de Foix, Thibault de Champagne, and Lorris ; was fostered by Charles of Orleans, by Margaret of Valois, by Francis the First ; that gave a crowd of versifiers to France, enriched, strengthened, developed, and fixed the French language, and prepared the way for Corneille and for...
Side 8 - Garnett. — IDYLLS AND EPIGRAMS. Chiefly from the Greek Anthology. By RICHARD GARNETT. Fcap. 8vo. 2s. 6d. "A charming little book. For English readers, Mr. Garnetfs translalations will open a new world of thought
Side 7 - The aim of this translation of Dante may be summed up in one word — Literality. . . . To follow Dante sentence for sentence, line for line, word for word — neither more nor less — has been my strenuous endeavour.