Monatsarchive: November 2018

Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion during the 19th Century

Publiziert am 30. November 2018 von Jazzybee

Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion during the 19th Century – Albert Venn Dicey

A course of lectures delivered at the Harvard Law School in 1898 form the basis of the book; but these have been modified and altered in subsequent presentation at Oxford University. Three opening lectures discuss the relation between law and public opinion, the characteristics of law-making opinion in England, and the influence of democracy on legislation. These prepare the way for the central theme, an analysis of the leading tendencies of English legislation during the past century. Three periods are marked off, in each of which the main current of legislation is clearly shown to be in accordance with certain definite principles: first, … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Method, Meditations and Philosophy of Descartes

Publiziert am 28. November 2018 von Jazzybee

The Method, Meditations and Philosophy of Descartes – René Descartes

This edition includes the quintessential works of Descartes, to whom modern learning is indebted for some of the most potent factors in its advancement. These are: in Mathematics, the invention of the Binomial Theorem and the application of Algebra to Geometry in the Analytical Geometry; in Physics, the suggestion of the evolution of the universe through Vortices and the discovery of the laws of the Refraction of Light; in Physiology, the doctrine of the Animal Spirits and the theory of the Mechanism of the soul’s operation in the body; in Philosophy, the finding of the ultimate reality in subjective consciousness and the deducting thence of an argument for, if not … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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On the Origin of Species

Publiziert am 28. November 2018 von Jazzybee

On the Origin of Species – Charles Darwin

‘On the Origin of Species’ is the great work of Darwin’s life. The whole first edition of 1250 copies was exhausted on the day of issue. The first four chapters explain the operation of artificial selection by man and of natural selection in consequence of the struggle for existence. The fifth chapter deals with the laws of variation and causes of modification other than natural selection. The five succeeding chapters consider difficulties in the way of a belief in evolution generally as well as in natural selection. The three remaining chapters (omitting the recapitulation which occupies the last) deal with the evidence for evolution. The theory which suggested a cause of evolution … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Ethics of Confucius

Publiziert am 28. November 2018 von Jazzybee

The Ethics of Confucius – Confucius

One of the early American missionaries to China tells us that when he had finally convinced a Chinese scholar that there were schools in America the immediate assumption was: “Then the people of your honorable nation are also acquainted with the books of Confucius.” It was a false assumption, and yet it is a great pity that more Americans are not familiar with the teachings which have moulded the lives of countless millions of our fellow creatures. An easy means of approach is offered by Mr. Miles Menander Dawson in “The Ethics of Confucius”, for he has culled choice passages from the works of the Master and his commentators and gathered them under seven … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The History of Salt Lake City and its Founders, Volume 2

Publiziert am 22. November 2018 von Jazzybee

The History of Salt Lake City and its Founders, Volume 2 – Edward Williams Tullidge

Tullidge’s monumental work on the beautiful desert metropolis, its history and growth, its evolution and its most significant troubles is obviously also a history of Mormonism and its growth and development in Utah, written by “authority of the Council and under supervision of its Committee on Revision,” and therefore giving a picture of Mormonism in the most favorable light in which it is possible to present the institution to the public. There are too many outside evidences of material prosperity and thrift everywhere to be seen in the resourceful valley where the Mormon emigrants from Illinois and Missouri began to make their home in July, … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The History of Salt Lake City and its Founders, Volume 1

Publiziert am 22. November 2018 von Jazzybee

The History of Salt Lake City and its Founders, Volume 1 – Edward Williams Tullidge

Tullidge’s monumental work on the beautiful desert metropolis, its history and growth, its evolution and its most significant troubles is obviously also a history of Mormonism and its growth and development in Utah, written by “authority of the Council and under supervision of its Committee on Revision,” and therefore giving a picture of Mormonism in the most favorable light in which it is possible to present the institution to the public. There are too many outside evidences of material prosperity and thrift everywhere to be seen in the resourceful valley where the Mormon emigrants from Illinois and Missouri began to make their home in July, … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Battle of April 19, 1775

Publiziert am 22. November 2018 von Jazzybee

The Battle of April 19, 1775 – Frank Warren Coburn

‘The Battle of April 19, 1775’ obviously deals with the fights in Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Arlington, Cambridge, Somerville and Charlestown, Massachusetts. The book contains one of the most comprehensive accounts of the battle ever printed. The narrative is based on official reports, sworn statements, diaries, letters, accounts given by participants and witnesses, and every other available source.

The Battle of April 19, 1775

The Battle of April 19, 1775.

Format: eBook.

The Battle of April 19, 1775.

ISBN: 9783849653316.

 

Excerpt from the chapter “The messengers of alarm”:

 

The invading army safely across the Charles River was now really on its way, but with all its precautions for secrecy, its coming was even at that … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Standard History of The City of Washington

Publiziert am 21. November 2018 von Jazzybee

Standard History of The City of Washington – William Tindall

The history of the city of Washington, it is believed, could in no way be more effectively supplied than by telling the story, so far as possible, in the words of the participants. From the documents and records in the Government archives it is possible to give an almost complete story of the establishment of the city of Washington in the actual language of the men who achieved it; and believing that in the words of Washington, Jefferson, L’Enfant, Carroll, Johnson, Stuart, Thornton, Scott and White, this story could be told with more intense interest than in any words of his own, the compiler endeavored, in giving this portion of … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The History of Concord, Massachusetts

Publiziert am 21. November 2018 von Jazzybee

The History of Concord, Massachusetts – Alfred Sereno Hudson

The text is closely confined to the colonial period; but the mode of presentation is extraordinary indeed to those accustomed to the prosaic methods of town and village historians. Mr. Hudson has tried to transport his readers and himself back two hundred years or more, as in a vision. In imagination we sit before the humble firesides of the first settlers; hear and join in their gossip, superstitions, and communings, social and religious; inspect their farm lands and homestends, and mark well and remember their boundaries and their family histories. At the same moment we are supposed to be living in the present, and viewing these days through the customary haze … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Die Legende von Sleepy Hollow (Deutsche Neuübersetzung)

Publiziert am 21. November 2018 von Jazzybee

Die Legende von Sleepy Hollow (Deutsche Neuübersetzung) – Washington Irving

“Die Legende von Sleepy Hollow” ist eine Gruselgeschichte des amerikanischen Autors Washington Irving. Irving verfasste sie während er im Ausland in Birmingham, England, lebte und veröffentlichte sie erstmals 1820 . Neben dem Begleitstück “Rip Van Winkle” gehört “Die Legende von Sleepy Hollow” zu den frühesten Beispielen amerikanischer Belletristik mit zeitloser Popularität. Zu den Hauptfiguren gehören der Schulmeister Ichabod Crane und der geheimnisvolle kopflose Reiter, der dem Volksmund nach ein hessischer Soldat war, der im Kampf seinen Kopf verloren hat.

Die Legende von Sleepy Hollow (Deutsche Neuübersetzung)

Die Legende von Sleepy Hollow (Deutsche Neuübersetzung)

Format: Paperback, eBook

Die Legende von Sleepy Hollow (Deutsche Neuübersetzung).

ISBN: 9783849670153 (Paperback)
ISBN: 9783849652654 (eBook)

 

Irvings Jahre in Europa  (aus wikipedia.de):

Im … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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