Letters Written in France, to a Friend in London, Tench
Автор: Lord Chesterfield Название: Lord Chesterfield`s Letters ISBN: 0199554846 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199554843 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 1899.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: `My object is to have you fit to live; which, if you are not, I do not desire that you should live at all.`So wrote Lord Chesterfield in one of the most celebrated and controversial correspondences between a father and son. Chesterfield wrote almost daily to his natural son, Philip, from 1737 onwards, providing him with instruction in etiquette and the worldly arts. Praised in their day as a complete manual of education, and despised by Samuel Johnson for teaching `the morals of a whore and the manners of a dancing-master`, these letters reflect the political craft of a leading statesman and the urbane wit of a man who associated with Pope, Addison, and Swift. The letters reveal Chesterfield`s political cynicism and his belief that his country had `always been goverened by the only two or three people, out of two or three millions, totally incapable ofgoverning`, as well as his views on good breeding. Not originally intended for publication, this entertaining correspondence illuminates fascinating aspects of eighteenth-century life and manners.
Автор: Stendhal Название: The Life of Haydn, in a Series of Letters Written at Vienna ISBN: 1108061974 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108061971 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6018.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Marie-Henri Beyle (1783-1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal, is remembered today for such novels as Le Rouge et le Noir. Involving audacious plagiarism, these early works on music originally appeared in French in 1814 under the pseudonym Louis-Alexandre-Cesar Bombet. This English translation was published in 1817.
Описание: This three-volume 1813 compilation consists of antiquarian manuscripts from the Bodleian Library and the Ashmolean Museum, but is significant for containing the notes on the `lives of eminent men` by John Aubrey, which were published here for the first time, and later became famous as his Brief Lives.
Автор: Broughton Название: Letters Written in a Mahratta Camp During the Year 1809 ISBN: 1108190383 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108190381 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5386.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: First published in 1813, this book reproduces the letters written by an army officer to his brother in the year 1808. Broughton`s aim in producing this book was to provide an English audience with an accurate description of `the character, manners, domestic habits and religious ceremonies of the Mahrattas`.
Описание: These twenty-five letters, published in 1796, describe Mary Wollstonecraft`s audacious trip to Scandinavia to retrieve a stolen ship for her lover Imlay. More than just a travelogue, they provide fascinating insights into the radical philosophy of this influential thinker, and the inner turmoil she was experiencing at the time.
Автор: Brown Название: Home Letters Written from India ISBN: 1108134173 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108134170 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4118.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Samuel Sneade Brown, a colonial administrator, was stationed in India between 1827 and 1841. This collection of the letters he sent to his family during that period tell a personal history of the British Empire, and provide an insight into the economic changes and political challenges of the nineteenth century.
Описание: This three-volume 1813 compilation consists of antiquarian manuscripts from the Bodleian Library and the Ashmolean Museum, but is significant for containing the notes on the `lives of eminent men` by John Aubrey, which were published here for the first time, and later became famous as his Brief Lives.
Описание: This book takes the form of letters written to his brother by an anonymous officer on Edward Parry`s 1819-20 Arctic voyage. It was brought out in 1821 by the enterprising publisher Richard Phillips, and is full of striking details, such as a verse description of the aurora borealis.
Описание: This three-volume 1813 compilation consists of antiquarian manuscripts from the Bodleian Library and the Ashmolean Museum, but is significant for containing the notes on the `lives of eminent men` by John Aubrey, which were published here for the first time, and later became famous as his Brief Lives.
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