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Above Life’s Turmoil
Above Life’s Turmoil – James Allen We cannot alter external things, nor shape other people to our liking, nor mould the world to our wishes but we can alter internal things,-our desires, passions, thoughts,-we can shape our liking to other people, and we can mould the inner world of our own mind in accordance with […]
Aryan Sun-Myths
Aryan Sun-Myths – Sarah Titcomb Aryan Sun-Myths, the Origin of Religions, by Sarah E. Titcomb, is a very conscientious effort to reduce to a convenient compass, a vast amount of lore, whose sources are scattered through all literature and all languages. This work will afford sufficient information on the subject for all practical purposes while […]
The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop – Charles Dickens A whole generation, on either side of the Atlantic, used to fall sobbing at the name of Little Nell, which will hardly bring tears to the eyes of any one now, though it is still apparent that the child was imagined with real feelings, and her sad little […]
The Sketch Book Of Geoffrey Crayon
The Sketch Book Of Geoffrey Crayon – Washington Irving Irving’s most famous work is – without doubt – this book. The Sketch Book appeared in 1819 and 1820 and contained 34 short stories and essays of English manners, written in a half-sentimental style, with a good deal of liveliness and consierable talent. Among the most […]
Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities
Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities – Herman Melville Pierre; or, The Ambiguities was first published in New York in 1852. The plot makes it a Gothic novel and evolves around the tensions in Pierre Glendinning’s family. There are his widowed mother, his cousin Glendinning Stanley, his fiancee Lucy Tartan and Isabel Banford, who is revealed to […]
A Pair Of Blue Eyes
A Pair Of Blue Eyes – Thomas Hardy „A Pair of Blue Eyes,“ Mr. Hardy’s third novel, gives the heart history of a rather susceptible but very charming young lady, Miss Elfride Swancourt, who, by the way, is said to be unpopular with her own sex. It has at least one strong character, Henry Knight, […]
Barnaby Rudge
Barnaby Rudge – Charles Dickens A collection of Dickens‘ books would not be complete without this historical work for children which sometimes reads more like a fairytale. In his own very special writing the author runs the child through centuries and centuries of English history. A book that has been in the curricula of English […]
The Sacred Writings of Gregory Nazianzen
The Sacred Writings of Gregory Nazianzen – Gregory Nazianzen Gregory of Nazianzus, also known as Gregory the Theologian or Gregory Nazianzen, was Archbishop of Constantinople in the 4th century. He is widely considered the most accomplished rhetorical stylist of the patristic age. As a classically trained orator and philosopher he infused Hellenism into the early […]
John Calvin’s Commentaries On Ezekiel 1 – 12
John Calvin’s Commentaries On Ezekiel 1 – 12 – John Calvin Calvin produced commentaries on most of the books of the Bible. His commentaries cover the larger part of the Old Testament, and all of the new excepting Second and Third John and the Apocalypse. His commentaries and lectures stand in the front rank of […]
John Calvin’s Commentaries On Jeremiah 1- 9
John Calvin’s Commentaries On Jeremiah 1- 9 – John Calvin Calvin produced commentaries on most of the books of the Bible. His commentaries cover the larger part of the Old Testament, and all of the new excepting Second and Third John and the Apocalypse. His commentaries and lectures stand in the front rank of Biblical […]