Author: Edward Everett Hale
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
What to Expect When the New Baby Comes Home
Author:
Publisher: HarperFestival
ISBN: 9780694013272
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Answers children's questions about what new babies look like, what they do and don't do, and what having one around the house will really be like.
Publisher: HarperFestival
ISBN: 9780694013272
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Answers children's questions about what new babies look like, what they do and don't do, and what having one around the house will really be like.
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Author: Edward Everett Hale
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Poems of American History
Author: Various
Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1279
Book Description
Example in this ebook The poetry relating to American history falls naturally into two classes: that written, so to speak, from the inside, on the spot, and that written from the outside, long afterwards. Of the first class, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the most famous example, as well as perhaps the best. Even at this distant day, reading it with a knowledge of the circumstances which produced it, it has a power of touching the heart and gripping the imagination which goes far toward proving the genuineness of its art. Of the second class, "Paul Revere's Ride" is probably the most widely known, though Mr. Longfellow's own "Ballad of the French Fleet" is a better poem. It is evident that, in compiling an anthology such as this, different standards must be used in judging these two classes. The first, aside from any quality as poetry which it may have, is of value because of its historical or political interest, because it is an expression and an interpretation of the hour which gave it birth. With it, poetic merit is not the first consideration, which is, perhaps, as well. Yet, however slight their merit as poetry may be, many of the early ballads possess an admirable energy, directness, and aptness of phrase, and there is about them a childlike simplicity impossible of reproduction in this sophisticated age—as where Stephen Tilden, in his epitaph on Braddock, requests the great commanders who have preceded that unfortunate soldier to the grave to "Edge close and give him room." With the retrospective ballad, on the other hand, poetic merit is a sine qua non. It has little value historically, however accurate its facts. It differs from the contemporary ballad in the same way that the "New Canterbury Tales" differ from Froissart; or as the "Idylls of the King" differ from "Le Morte Arthur." It is less authentic, less convincing, less vital. It may have atmosphere, but there is no infallible way of telling whether the atmosphere is right. Unless it is something more, then, than mere metrical history, the modern ballad has little claim to consideration. These are the two principles which the present compiler has had constantly in mind. Yet the second principle has been violated more than once, since, in a collection such as this, one must cut one's coat according to the cloth; or, rather, one must make sure that one is decently covered, though the covering may here and there be somewhat inferior in quality. So it has been necessary, in order to keep the thread of history unbroken, to admit some strands anything but silken; and if the choice has sometimes been of ills, rather than of goods, the compiler can only hope that he chose wisely. The most difficult and trying portion of his task has been, not to get his material together, but to compress it into reasonable limits. Especially in the colonial period was the temptation great to include more early American verse. Peter Folger's "A Looking-Glass for the Times," Benjamin Tompson's "New England's Crisis," Michael Wigglesworth's "God's Controversy with New England," the "Sot-Weed Factor," and many others, which it is recalling an old sorrow to name here, were excluded only after long and bitter debate. No doubt other exclusions will be noticed by nearly every reader of the volume—and it may interest him to know that the material gathered together would have made four such books as this. To be continue in this ebook
Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1279
Book Description
Example in this ebook The poetry relating to American history falls naturally into two classes: that written, so to speak, from the inside, on the spot, and that written from the outside, long afterwards. Of the first class, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the most famous example, as well as perhaps the best. Even at this distant day, reading it with a knowledge of the circumstances which produced it, it has a power of touching the heart and gripping the imagination which goes far toward proving the genuineness of its art. Of the second class, "Paul Revere's Ride" is probably the most widely known, though Mr. Longfellow's own "Ballad of the French Fleet" is a better poem. It is evident that, in compiling an anthology such as this, different standards must be used in judging these two classes. The first, aside from any quality as poetry which it may have, is of value because of its historical or political interest, because it is an expression and an interpretation of the hour which gave it birth. With it, poetic merit is not the first consideration, which is, perhaps, as well. Yet, however slight their merit as poetry may be, many of the early ballads possess an admirable energy, directness, and aptness of phrase, and there is about them a childlike simplicity impossible of reproduction in this sophisticated age—as where Stephen Tilden, in his epitaph on Braddock, requests the great commanders who have preceded that unfortunate soldier to the grave to "Edge close and give him room." With the retrospective ballad, on the other hand, poetic merit is a sine qua non. It has little value historically, however accurate its facts. It differs from the contemporary ballad in the same way that the "New Canterbury Tales" differ from Froissart; or as the "Idylls of the King" differ from "Le Morte Arthur." It is less authentic, less convincing, less vital. It may have atmosphere, but there is no infallible way of telling whether the atmosphere is right. Unless it is something more, then, than mere metrical history, the modern ballad has little claim to consideration. These are the two principles which the present compiler has had constantly in mind. Yet the second principle has been violated more than once, since, in a collection such as this, one must cut one's coat according to the cloth; or, rather, one must make sure that one is decently covered, though the covering may here and there be somewhat inferior in quality. So it has been necessary, in order to keep the thread of history unbroken, to admit some strands anything but silken; and if the choice has sometimes been of ills, rather than of goods, the compiler can only hope that he chose wisely. The most difficult and trying portion of his task has been, not to get his material together, but to compress it into reasonable limits. Especially in the colonial period was the temptation great to include more early American verse. Peter Folger's "A Looking-Glass for the Times," Benjamin Tompson's "New England's Crisis," Michael Wigglesworth's "God's Controversy with New England," the "Sot-Weed Factor," and many others, which it is recalling an old sorrow to name here, were excluded only after long and bitter debate. No doubt other exclusions will be noticed by nearly every reader of the volume—and it may interest him to know that the material gathered together would have made four such books as this. To be continue in this ebook
Prenatal Care
Author: United States. Children's Bureau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Infants
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Infants
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
A Sharecroppers Story, A Dream to Own a Piece of Land. The Story of Madea (The Sweet Alabama Rose)
Author: Charlie Davis
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 162838848X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
This is a story based on true events surrounding the life and times of Elizabeth Jane Jones Davis, known to many as Madea. This story tells of the struggles of the black man living down on the countryside of southern Alabama during the 1950s and 1960s, refusing to depend solely on the privileges allowed by some white landowners. When the black man failed to meet the demands of some white men, the acts of slavery were reignited all over again. This was an act that some white men seemed to remembe
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 162838848X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
This is a story based on true events surrounding the life and times of Elizabeth Jane Jones Davis, known to many as Madea. This story tells of the struggles of the black man living down on the countryside of southern Alabama during the 1950s and 1960s, refusing to depend solely on the privileges allowed by some white landowners. When the black man failed to meet the demands of some white men, the acts of slavery were reignited all over again. This was an act that some white men seemed to remembe
Bureau Publication
Author: United States. Children's Bureau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Journeys of the Soul
Author: Daron Kenneth
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1463451415
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Journeys of the Soul is a poignant documentary of the author''s search to find a connection with an often confusing world of life, love and relationships. Powerful and moving, the poetry leads the reader to one inexplicable conclusion: surviving in the real world can lead to a truth that is sometimes stranger than fiction. Heart rendering and satirical, Journeys of the Soul is fascinating from cover to cover.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1463451415
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Journeys of the Soul is a poignant documentary of the author''s search to find a connection with an often confusing world of life, love and relationships. Powerful and moving, the poetry leads the reader to one inexplicable conclusion: surviving in the real world can lead to a truth that is sometimes stranger than fiction. Heart rendering and satirical, Journeys of the Soul is fascinating from cover to cover.
Addicted To You: Jameson's Addiction
Author: Glenna Maynard
Publisher: Glenna Maynard
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
This time he's playing for keeps. Notorious bad boy of Rock n’ Roll Jameson Lewis is returning home to his roots after five years of touring and recording. There’s just one problem—Peyton Mathews. The girl he left behind. His one regret and favorite addiction. She's been under his skin since the day they met. No matter how hard he's tried she's one habit he can't shake. The moment he sees her again sparks fly and the love he thought he lost forever rekindles burning hotter than ever. Only Peyton wants nothing to do with him. He'll do anything to remind her he was her first kiss and intends on being her last.
Publisher: Glenna Maynard
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
This time he's playing for keeps. Notorious bad boy of Rock n’ Roll Jameson Lewis is returning home to his roots after five years of touring and recording. There’s just one problem—Peyton Mathews. The girl he left behind. His one regret and favorite addiction. She's been under his skin since the day they met. No matter how hard he's tried she's one habit he can't shake. The moment he sees her again sparks fly and the love he thought he lost forever rekindles burning hotter than ever. Only Peyton wants nothing to do with him. He'll do anything to remind her he was her first kiss and intends on being her last.
Infant Health Handbook
Author: Gallup Indian Medical Center (U.S.). Department of Pediatrics
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
Book Description