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- 191: Calamitatum Of The Individual
- ... his exploits he met Heloise, and in the first time writing about her in The Story of My Calamities he describes her individuality. "...in the extent of her learning she stood supreme. A gift for letters is so rare in women that it added greatly to her charm and had won her renown throughout the realm." (p.66 ll.15-17). This shows that Abelard valued individuality highly in others as ... of those who have deliberately chosen a similar course." (p.104, ll. 18-21), it is painfully clear that the lone path of individuality was the only route for him. Selected Works Betty Radice, The Letters of Abelard and Heloise. Penguin Books Ltd.: Harmonsworth, Middlesex, England. 1974.
- 192: The Life and Work of Washington Irving
- ... or long lasting, however, Irving began to give essays and sketches to New York newspapers as early as 1802. And a group of these pieces, written from 1802 to 1803 and collected under the title "Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle", won Irving his earliest literary recognition. From 1807 to 1808, he was the leading person in a social group that included his brothers William Irving and Peter Irving and William's brother ... brothers' commercial firm. When, after a series of losses, the business went into bankruptcy in 1818, Irving returned to writing for a living. In England he became the good friend of several leading men of letters, including Thomas Campbell, Sir Walter Scott, and Thomas Moore. Under the alias of Geoffrey Crayon. Irving wrote the essays and short stories collected in the Sketch Book in (1819-1820), his most popular work, which ...
- 193: A Century Of Dishonor, a Triumph or Tragedy?
- ... Ponca tribe was undergoing. Jackson became enamored with this issue, she effectively wielded her writing skills to illuminate the plight of the Poncas to the general public through the publication of numerous in-depth letters to the editors of many major eastern newspapers. She furthered her cause by writing personal letters to prominence such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes and became heavily involved in literary sparring matches with the Secretary of the Interior and others who disagreed with her cause. Her crusade was ...
- 194: First Crusade
- ... ahead. In this project, I will be discussing the events that lead up to the first in a long line of crusades. I will also be mentioning the lives of some of the crusaders through letters that they wrote. The crusades were a time of confusion for most people, yet today we look back at them as a turning point. These Crusades were Christian military expeditions undertaken between the 11th and ... souls. But their life would be prosperous and joyful and they would be true friends of god. The Crusade perhaps more than any other event in before the Eleventh Century elicited a great number of letters. The excerpts from the example here were written around the time of the siege of Antioch, perhaps the darkest moment of the entire three-year campaign. This letter was translated into English: For on the ...
- 195: Thomas Mores Utopia
- ... According to the Act of Treason, the penalty was to be hanged. However, the king permitted that More be executed with an axe, beheaded. Four days went by and More wrote his family and friends letters. He said he was not afraid to die. More told everyone to pray for him, for he was going on to God and they would meet in heaven. After his letters were written, he was told he would be executed the next day before nine oclock. The king did not want to speak much before his death. More was wearing his best gown. He fulfilled ...
- 196: The Life of Alexander Hamilton
- ... Washington swallowed his pride and made overtures to Hamilton, but Hamilton remained impervious. He stayed at headquarters until April, but lived in a separate building. He and Washington dealt with business by dashing off icy letters to each other. Oddly, Hamilton made one more request for a command at the end of April. That rebuffed, he handed in his official resignation as aide-de-camp on April 30. Hamilton stayed with ... much to ask considering the concessions given by Great Britain? Hamilton was coming under fire for his defense of Tories. To further explain his position, and to conjure compliance with the treaty, Hamilton published his "Letters from Phocion." In the first letter, he exhorted the people of New York to build, not waste their time venting their resentments: "Instead of wholesome regulations for the improvement of our polity and commerce; we ...
- 197: Latin Literature In History
- ... British plays of the 1600s and for some modern humor as well. The writings of Cicero are the most crucial pieces of documentation of that period (80BC-43BC) available. They take the form of letters, rhetoric volumes, orations, and philosophy. They provide not only a vivid account of the life of the ruling class, but his invaluable volumes of oratory and philosophy were the backbone of Mediaeval moral philosophy, also ... as a huge influence on renaissance writers and painters, and was its prime source for Mythology. Writers continued to write following Augustuss death, amongst those was Seneca, a stoic philosopher. He wrote dialogues and letters about morality and generosity, published works examining natural phenomena such as earthquakes, and wrote tragedies, which helped to popularize tragic drama in Europe later on. Several Epic poems were written; Tacitus presented a darker history ...
- 198: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... the aforementioned. Therefore another point is brought up, was Poe writing these stories as the result of a tortured existence and a need to escape, or was he writing to please readers and critics? In letters he wrote, he often pokes fun at his stories and says that they are sometimes intended as satire or banter. Also in his letters, he describes horrible events seemingly without any concern. So who can tell how he really felt since he might not have been totally sane and rational at the time. Even though Poe writes such bizarre ...
- 199: Carl Gauss
- ... a bricklayer. Despite the hard living conditions, Gauss's brilliance shone through at a young age. At the age of only two years, the young Carl gradually learned from his parents how to pronounce the letters of the alphabet. Carl then set to teaching himself how to read by sounding out the combinations of the letters. Around the time that Carl was teaching himself to read aloud, he also taught himself the meanings of number symbols and learned to do arithmetical calculations. When Carl Gauss reached the age of seven, he ...
- 200: Cark Gauss
- ... a bricklayer. Despite the hard living conditions, Gauss's brilliance shone through at a young age. At the age of only two years, the young Carl gradually learned from his parents how to pronounce the letters of the alphabet. Carl then set to teaching himself how to read by sounding out the combinations of the letters. Around the time that Carl was teaching himself to read aloud, he also taught himself the meanings of number symbols and learned to do arithmetical calculations. When Carl Gauss reached the age of seven, he ...
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