Beacon Lights of HistoryCosimo, Inc., 2009 M01 1 - 520 pages First published posthumously in 1902, this collection of the lectures of American historian JOHN LORD (1810-1894) is a charming rummage through 6,000 years of European and American history, exploring the past from "the old pagan civilizations" to modern leaders and cultures on both sides of the Atlantic. This replica edition features all the original illustrations, hard to come by in other recent versions. It will delight both readers of history and lovers of beautiful, classic books. While Volumes 1 through 12 were Lord's work, and the 13th was compiled from his notes, this one features complementary essays from other authors. Volume XIV: "The New Era" covers: [ Richard Wagner: modern music [ John Ruskin: modern art [ Charles Darwin: his place in modern science [ David Livingstone: African development [ Michael Faraday: electricity and magnetism [ and more |
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... true heroism , genuine manliness ! Had he been willing to write more operas like " Rienzi , ” he might have revelled in wealth ( he loved wealth ! ) and basked in the sunshine of popularity , like Meyerbeer . But not one inch of ...
... true heroism , genuine manliness ! Had he been willing to write more operas like " Rienzi , ” he might have revelled in wealth ( he loved wealth ! ) and basked in the sunshine of popularity , like Meyerbeer . But not one inch of ...
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... true art possible until politics cease to exist " ) , he was foolish enough to be- lieve that a general overturning of affairs would benefit art - matters , too , and facilitate his operatic reforms ; so he became , as he himself admits ...
... true art possible until politics cease to exist " ) , he was foolish enough to be- lieve that a general overturning of affairs would benefit art - matters , too , and facilitate his operatic reforms ; so he became , as he himself admits ...
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... true in the realm of lyric song , for , as everybody knows , he practically created the art song as we know and love it . The greatest of his immediate successors , Schumann and Franz , cheerfully admitted that they could never have ...
... true in the realm of lyric song , for , as everybody knows , he practically created the art song as we know and love it . The greatest of his immediate successors , Schumann and Franz , cheerfully admitted that they could never have ...
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... Wagner's than like Rossini's and Doni- zetti's , being free from arias and the vocal embroideries that formerly were the essence of Italian opera . The same is true of the operas written in recent decades MODERN MUSIC . 67.
... Wagner's than like Rossini's and Doni- zetti's , being free from arias and the vocal embroideries that formerly were the essence of Italian opera . The same is true of the operas written in recent decades MODERN MUSIC . 67.
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... true of America . We have no school of opera yet , but the best operettas of Victor Herbert and De Koven deserve mention by the side of those of the French . Offenbach , Lecocq , and Audran , the Viennese Strauss , Suppé , and ...
... true of America . We have no school of opera yet , but the best operettas of Victor Herbert and De Koven deserve mention by the side of those of the French . Offenbach , Lecocq , and Audran , the Viennese Strauss , Suppé , and ...
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Ships of low freeboard equipped with revolving turrets 238239 | 238 |
Personality and professional traits 244246 | 244 |
BY W A P MARTIN D D LL D | 255 |
The diplomat Su Wu on an embassy to Turkey | 261 |
trade | 267 |
Hung Chang appears on the scene | 274 |
a soldier General Ward and Chinese Gordon | 279 |
War ended through the agency of Sir Robert Hart | 289 |
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Death and epochmaking influence in modern | 107 |
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His religious attitude that of an agnostic | 122 |
Principles of Biology the data of the development | 128 |
Principles of Psychology the evolution of mind | 134 |
Social evolution equilibriums between constitution | 140 |
Principles of Ethics natural basis for secularization | 143 |
General inductions his Social Statics | 152 |
Naturalist on the voyage of the Beagle | 161 |
His beliefs and agnostic attitude toward religion 170171 | 170 |
Antagonistic views on the immutability of species 176179 | 176 |
that all animal | 180 |
Biological evidence to sustain this view | 187 |
As a scientist Darwin concerned only with truth general | 193 |
Dependence in our modern civilization on the utilization | 199 |
His work 1827 to 1839 when he came to the United | 206 |
A spendthrift in invention versatility and daring 207208 | 207 |
Designs and constructs the steamfrigate Princeton 99 | 215 |
The Destroyer built in connection with | 225 |
His work in improving the motivepower of ships | 232 |
BY CYRUS C ADAMS | 303 |
Youthful career and studies marriage | 313 |
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Father Schynses chart | 331 |
Human sacrifices now prohibited and punishable with | 340 |
Future philanthropic work | 347 |
BY WILLIAM HAYES WARD D D LL D | 351 |
Paul Émile Botta and his discoveries in Assyria | 357 |
George Smith and his discovery of the Babylonian | 375 |
The Moabite Stone and work of the English Palestine | 384 |
Dr Schliemanns labors among the ruins of Troy | 386 |
BY EDWIN J HOUSTON PH D | 393 |
His discovery of the relations between light and magnet PAGE | 410 |
Investigation of the phenomena which he calls the | 415 |
His alternatingcurrent transformer | 421 |
His dynamoelectric machine | 427 |
The telephone aid given by Faradays discoveries in | 433 |
Modern powergenerating and transmission plants | 439 |
BY FRANK P FOSTER M D | 447 |
American aid in the treatment of fractures | 469 |
Febrile ailment and coldwater applications | 477 |
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