The English Woman's Journal

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Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 478

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The English Woman's Journal

The English Woman's Journal PDF Author:
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Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 478

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Blue Iris

Blue Iris PDF Author: Mary Oliver
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807096601
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 88

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For poet Mary Oliver, nature is full of mystery and miracle. From the excitation of birds in the sky to the flowers and plants that are "the simple garments" of the earth, the natural world is her text of both the earth's changes and its permanence. In Blue Iris, Mary Oliver collects ten new poems, two dozen of her poems written over the last two decades, and two previously unpublished essays on the beauty and wonder of plants. The poet considers roses, of course, as well as poppies and peonies; lilies and morning glories; the thick-bodied black oak and the fragrant white pine; the tall sunflower and the slender bean. James Dickey has said of her, "Far beneath the surface-flash of linguistic effect, Mary Oliver works her quiet and mysterious spell. It is a true spell, unlike any other poet's, the enchantment of the true maker." In Blue Iris, she has captured with breathtaking clarity the true enchantment and mysterious spell of flowers and plants of all sorts and their magnetic hold on us.

A Journal of the Seasons on an Ozark Farm

A Journal of the Seasons on an Ozark Farm PDF Author: Leonard Hall
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826203175
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 466

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"First published in 1956, Leonard Hall's A Journal of the Seasons on an Ozark Farm is an affectionate chronicle of the round of the season on a working farm in the eastern Missouri Ozarks. Hall, a naturalist and newspaperman, describes such homely farm chores as dehorning a calf so clearly that one paragraph teaches just how the work is done. His accounts of the events that mark the changing seasons--migrating geese, budding trees, hunting, fishing, butchering, and simply walking through fields and woods--are remarkable for their unpretentious nostalgic beauty"--from back cover.

Chambers's Journal

Chambers's Journal PDF Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 946

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The Wild Iris

The Wild Iris PDF Author: Louise Gluck
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063117649
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Winner of the Pulitzer Prize From Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Louise Glück, a stunningly beautiful collection of poems that encompasses the natural, human, and spiritual realms Bound together by the universal themes of time and mortality and with clarity and sureness of craft, Louise Glück's poetry questions, explores, and finally celebrates the ordeal of being alive.

The Connecticut School Journal

The Connecticut School Journal PDF Author:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 672

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Poems 1962-2012

Poems 1962-2012 PDF Author: Louise Glück
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374126089
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 657

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Glck's poetry resists collection. With each successive book her drive to leave behind what came before has grown more fierce. She invented a form to accommodate this need, the book-length sequence of poems.

Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water: The Journal of a Tour Through the British Empire and America

Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water: The Journal of a Tour Through the British Empire and America PDF Author: Lady Ethel Gwendoline Vincent
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465610901
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 624

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As we drove over the rough streets of New York in the early hours of Sunday morning, it appeared as a city of the dead. There was no sign of life as our horses toiled along Broadway and up Fifth Avenue to the Buckingham Hotel, where we had secured rooms. This hotel, though comfortable, had the disadvantage of being too far up town for short sojourners, but it has the merit of being conducted on the European system—that is, the rooms and meals are charged for separately. The American plan is to make an inclusive charge of from four to five dollars a day, and it is often troublesome only being able to have meals in the dining-room between certain hours. Besides, it is pleasant to be able to visit the restaurants of New York, which are admirable, and equal, if not superior to those of Paris. Delmonico's, where we dined one evening, is particularly excellent. We were glad when eleven o'clock came and we could go to St. Thomas' Church, close by. It is one of the most frequented of the many beautiful churches of all denominations in New York, and of very fine interior proportions. Upon the dark oak carving is reflected in many hues the rich stained glass. The service was rendered according to the ritual of the English Church, which is followed by the Episcopal Church of America. They succeed in America in uniting a non-ceremonial service with a bright and hearty one. We listened to a very powerful sermon on St. Paul on the Hill of Mars, in which the eloquent preacher boldly declared that the political honesty of the Athenians 2000 years ago was superior to that of the United States of to-day. On our way back we went into the Roman Catholic Cathedral, which was just opposite to our windows at the "Buckingham," a very large marble building, but still unfinished. We found four reporters waiting at the hotel to "interview" my husband. He had eluded them on the landing-stage, but they would take no denial here, and we were much harassed by others in the course of the day. Our luggage arrived at noon. It is almost a necessity to employ the Express Company for the conveyance of "baggage" throughout America, as the hackney carriages and hotel omnibuses are not prepared to take it. The charges are very high, and it is often extremely inconvenient having to wait two, three, or even four hours for it, after arrival in a town. The geography of New York is exceedingly simple, and is followed in nearly every American city. "Avenues" traverse the length of the town, which are called first, second, or third avenues, and the "streets" which intersect them are also numbered consecutively, so that you have—Third Street, Fifth Avenue, and know that it is the third street from the commencement of Fifth Avenue.

Journal

Journal PDF Author:
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Category : Rhododendrons
Languages : en
Pages : 536

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Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society of London

Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society of London PDF Author: Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain)
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 520

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Vols. for 1846-55 include Proceedings at meetings of the society.