Beacon Lights of HistoryCosimo, Inc., 2009 M01 1 - 420 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. Volume VII: "Great Women" covers: [ Heloise and love [ Joan of Arc and heroic women [ Saint Theresa and religious enthusiasm [ Madame de Maintenon: the political woman [ Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough: the woman of the world [ women in literature [ women in politics [ the education of women [ George Eliot: woman as novelist [ and more |
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... Century . 230 Marquise de Rambouillet 230 • Her salons 231 Mademoiselle de Scudéri . 232 Early days of Madame Récamier 233 Her marriage 234 Her remarkable beauty and grace 235 Her salons 235 Her popularity . 235 Courted by Napoleon ...
... Century . 230 Marquise de Rambouillet 230 • Her salons 231 Mademoiselle de Scudéri . 232 Early days of Madame Récamier 233 Her marriage 234 Her remarkable beauty and grace 235 Her salons 235 Her popularity . 235 Courted by Napoleon ...
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... Century Rise of Madame de Staël Her precocity Her powers of conversation Her love of society • • Her marriage O • Hatred of Napoleon Her banishment • Her residence in Switzerland Travels in Germany . Her work on literature Her book on ...
... Century Rise of Madame de Staël Her precocity Her powers of conversation Her love of society • • Her marriage O • Hatred of Napoleon Her banishment • Her residence in Switzerland Travels in Germany . Her work on literature Her book on ...
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... Century , the age of novelists 346 Scott , Fielding , Dickens , Thackeray . 347 Bulwer ; women novelists 348 Charlotte Brontë , Harriet Beecher Stowe , George Eliot 349 • Early life of Marian Evans . 350 Appearance , education , and ...
... Century , the age of novelists 346 Scott , Fielding , Dickens , Thackeray . 347 Bulwer ; women novelists 348 Charlotte Brontë , Harriet Beecher Stowe , George Eliot 349 • Early life of Marian Evans . 350 Appearance , education , and ...
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... Centuries rolled away , and among the descendants of Teutonic barbari- ans a still lovelier and more ideal sentiment burst out from the lips of the Christian Dante , kindled by the adoration of his departed Beatrice . And as she courses ...
... Centuries rolled away , and among the descendants of Teutonic barbari- ans a still lovelier and more ideal sentiment burst out from the lips of the Christian Dante , kindled by the adoration of his departed Beatrice . And as she courses ...
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... centuries for those sentiments which the fires of passion were scarcely able to tarnish , for an exalted soul which eclipsed the brightness of uncommon intellectual facul- ties , for a depth of sympathy and affection which have become ...
... centuries for those sentiments which the fires of passion were scarcely able to tarnish , for an exalted soul which eclipsed the brightness of uncommon intellectual facul- ties , for a depth of sympathy and affection which have become ...
Contents
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Death | 47 |
Loves of Héloïse and Abélard analyzed | 50 |
His brilliant success | 64 |
Hesitation of the king | 71 |
Exalted character | 87 |
Ascendency of Lady Marlborough | 193 |
Voluntary exile of Marlborough | 200 |
Sarah Duchess of Marlborough 221 | 202 |
Unhappiness of the Duchess | 216 |
Provençal poetry in its connection with chivalrous senti | 228 |
Her marriage | 234 |
Friendship with Madame de Staël | 240 |
His old age soothed by Récamier | 249 |
Coronation of Charles | 88 |
Incense offered to | 97 |
Declining days of the Duchess | 102 |
Pleasures of the body the aim of Paganism | 110 |
The age of Saint Theresa | 116 |
Catholic theology | 124 |
Inaugurated a new style in literature | 132 |
The Vision of St Therese | 132 |
Birth of Madame de Maintenon | 146 |
Friendship of the King for Madame de Maintenon | 153 |
Fr de S de la Mothe Fenelon | 154 |
Secret of Madame de Maintenons influence | 164 |
Madam de Maintenon | 165 |
66 | 174 |
Her death | 176 |
46 | 178 |
The Duchess of Marlborough compared with Madame | 181 |
Death of William III | 187 |
Reflections on her career | 192 |
Her death | 254 |
WOMAN IN LITERATURE | 263 |
Literary women | 266 |
HANNAH MORE | 278 |
Madame de Stael | 280 |
GEORGE ELIOT | 288 |
Progress of female education | 301 |
Garrick and His Wife | 308 |
Retirement to Cowslip Green | 311 |
George Eliot | 343 |
Nineteenth Century the age of novelists | 346 |
Appearance education and acquirements | 351 |
Mr Gilfils Love Story | 360 |
The Mill on the Floss | 367 |
Romola | 371 |
Felix Holt | 377 |
Theophrastus Such | 384 |
47 | 390 |
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