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Grant Showerman Horace and His Influence

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Grant Showerman Ph.D. (January 9, 1870 — November 13, 1935) was an American classical scholar. Grant Showerman was born [mehr]

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Joshua Reynolds. The Letters Of horace Walpole, Volume 2 Fiscle (Part-I) PART 1

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Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797) was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician.[1] He is now largely remembered for Strawberry Hill, the home he built in Twickenham, south-west London where he revived the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors, and for his Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto. Along with the book, his literary reputation rests on his Letters, which are of significant social and political interest. He was the son of the first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, a cousin[2] to Admiral Lord Nelson's grandmother, and was equally known as Horace Walpole. As he was childless, his barony descended to his cousin of the same surname, who was created the new Earl of Orford. [mehr]

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Anna Seward Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace

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Seward was the eldest of two surviving daughters of Thomas Seward (1708–1790), prebendary of Lichfield and Salisbury, and [mehr]

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Anna Seward Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace

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Seward was the eldest of two surviving daughters of Thomas Seward (1708–1790), prebendary of Lichfield and Salisbury, and [mehr]

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Horace Walpole A Castle of Otranto

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A Castle of Otranto is a novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally regarded as the first gothic novel, initiating a literary genre which would become extremely popular in the later 18th century and early 19th century. Thus, Walpole, by extension, is arguably the forerunner to such authors as Charles Maturin, Ann Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe and Daphne du Maurier. The Castle of Otranto tells the story of Manfred, lord of the castle, and his family. The book begins on the wedding-day of his sickly son Conrad and princess Isabella. Shortly before the wedding, however, Conrad is crushed to death by a gigantic helmet that falls on him from above. This inexplicable event is particularly ominous in light of an ancient prophecy "That the castle and lordship of Otranto should pass from the present family, whenever the real owner should be grown too large to inhabit it". Manfred, terrified that Conrad's death signals the beginning of the end for his line, resolves to avert destruction by marrying Isabella himself while divorcing his current wife Hippolita, who he feels has failed to bear him a proper heir. However, as Manfred attempts to marry Isabella, she escapes to a church with the aid of a peasant named Theodore. Manfred orders Theodore's death while talking to the friar Jerome, who ensured Isabella's safety in the church. When Theodore removes his shirt to be killed, Jerome recognizes a marking below his shoulder and identifies Theodore as his own son. Jerome begs for his son's life, but Manfred says Jerome must either give up the princess or his son's life. They are interrupted by a trumpet and the entrance of knights from another kingdom who want to deliver Isabella. This leads the knights and Manfred to race to find Isabella. Theodore, having been locked in a tower by Manfred, is freed by Manfred's daughter Matilda. He races to the underground church and finds Isabella. He hides her in a cave and blocks it to protect her from Manfred and ends up fighting one of the mysterious knights. Theodore badly wounds the knight, who turns out to be Isabella's father, Frederic. With that, they all go up to the castle to work things out. Frederic falls in love with Matilda and he and Manfred begin to make a deal about marrying each other's daughters. Manfred, suspecting that Isabella is meeting Theodore in a tryst in the church, takes a knife into the church, where Matilda is meeting Theodore. Thinking his own daughter is Isabella, he stabs her. Theodore is then revealed to be the true prince of Otranto and Matilda dies, leaving Manfred to repent. Theodore becomes king and eventually marries Isabella because she is the only one who can understand his true sorrow. [mehr]

Stichwörter: the castle of otranto, horace walpole, historic literature, romantic history, gothic horror, supernatural thriller

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Horace N. Pym Chats in the Book-Room

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A few years ago a little inconsequent volume was launched on partial acquaintance, telling of some ordinary books which line our friendly shelves, of some kindly friends who had read and chatted about them, some old stories they had told, and some happy memories they had awakened. When those acquaintances had read the little book, they asked, like Oliver, for more. A rash request, because, unlike Oliver, they get it in the shape of another "Olla Podrida" of book-chat, picture-gossip, and perchance a stray "chestnut." Their good-nature must be invoked to receive it, like C. S. Calverley's sojourners— "Who when they travel, if they find that they have left their pocket-compass, or Murray, or thick boots behind, they raise no rumpus." [mehr]

Stichwörter: Chats in the Book-Room, Horace N. Pym, Chats in the Book-Room By Horace N. Pym

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HORACE BROWN FYFE THE OUTBREAK OF PEACE

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Horace Brown (athlete) (1898–1983), American athlete Horace Tabberer Brown (1848–1925), British brewer and chemist [mehr]

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ж3 Grosella i Grandalla 12 Poemes Vol.11

Ars poetica

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Retour aux origines-mêmes de la poésie cette année avec pour cette onzième édition de «Dotze Poemes» une sélection de douze poèmes consacrés au thème de... la poésie. Le rang du poète, le fait d'écrire, en vers, sa necessité et sa difficulté, son absurdité aussi. De grandes œuvres du domaine public mélangées à quelques pièces du collectif d'auteurs ж3. Auteurs : Nietzche, S. Laesser, Verlaine, Bécquer, Goethe, Dante, Earle Coates, Maragall, G. Graenndóttir, Keller, Horace, Allan Poe. Geri G. Nevers Grosella i Grandalla Edicions [mehr]

Stichwörter: nietzche, keller, poe, verlaine, horace, goethe, bécquer, dante, earlecoates, maragall, poetry, ars, poetica