Author: Emma Marie Trusty
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 148368766X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Samuel, a teenage boy, is born after 1790. He becomes aware that his family is keeping a secret. His older brother Joshua knows what it is but wont tell him. Samuel believes that he too can be trusted. His brother Joshua returns to the Quaker school, leaving more responsibility on Samuel. He begins to take on chores Joshua once did. One dark night, Samuel awakens to Pals barking. He peeks through a crack in the loft door and watches. Pa brings strangers who were wearing tattered, dirty clothes into their kitchen. Eventually, his father tells him that his family helps slaves escape. Some states call this breaking the law. Other states believe slaves have a right to their personal liberty. Samuel has another surprise awaiting him when he learns who else is involved in this activitySamuel himself!
Samuel's Journey: Another Surprise
Author: Emma Marie Trusty
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 148368766X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Samuel, a teenage boy, is born after 1790. He becomes aware that his family is keeping a secret. His older brother Joshua knows what it is but wont tell him. Samuel believes that he too can be trusted. His brother Joshua returns to the Quaker school, leaving more responsibility on Samuel. He begins to take on chores Joshua once did. One dark night, Samuel awakens to Pals barking. He peeks through a crack in the loft door and watches. Pa brings strangers who were wearing tattered, dirty clothes into their kitchen. Eventually, his father tells him that his family helps slaves escape. Some states call this breaking the law. Other states believe slaves have a right to their personal liberty. Samuel has another surprise awaiting him when he learns who else is involved in this activitySamuel himself!
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 148368766X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Samuel, a teenage boy, is born after 1790. He becomes aware that his family is keeping a secret. His older brother Joshua knows what it is but wont tell him. Samuel believes that he too can be trusted. His brother Joshua returns to the Quaker school, leaving more responsibility on Samuel. He begins to take on chores Joshua once did. One dark night, Samuel awakens to Pals barking. He peeks through a crack in the loft door and watches. Pa brings strangers who were wearing tattered, dirty clothes into their kitchen. Eventually, his father tells him that his family helps slaves escape. Some states call this breaking the law. Other states believe slaves have a right to their personal liberty. Samuel has another surprise awaiting him when he learns who else is involved in this activitySamuel himself!
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.
Author: James Boswell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of his tour to the Hebrides, tour in Wales, correspondence with Mrs. Thrale, etc
Author: James Boswell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Including A Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides
Author: James Boswell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
“The” Life Of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Including A Journal Of A Tour To The Hebrides ... In Five Volumes
Author: James Boswell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Samuel Johnson and the Art of Sinking 1709-1791
Author: Freya Johnston
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191530778
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The traditional view of Samuel Johnson as hostile to particulars, trifles, and aesthetic mediocrity only half-explains his authorial character. Samuel Johnson and the Art of Sinking 1709-1791 argues that, in a period dominated by social and literary hierarchies, Johnson's works reveal a defining interest in 'little', 'mean', or 'low' topics and people. Freya Johnston moves away from a critical emphasis on what literature of this period excludes, to consider its modes of including recalcitrant material. Of necessity finite, any piece of writing is informed by the subject matter it omits or to which it indirectly alludes. How can we identify the peripheral topics or characters purportedly 'excluded' from a text, unless it provides compelling inferences that oblige us to supply the omission? In which case, something subtler is at work than barefaced proscription. Rehearsing the comparative merits of great and little things, Johnson and his contemporaries tested the opposing claims of pagan and Christian authority. Ancient criticism, and its eighteenth-century adherents, held that each subject required an appropriate style: little matters call for the low, lofty ones for the high. Yet Gospel writers stressed Christ's incarnation as a praiseworthy and imitable descent to the humanly little — one that is compatible with the most sublime style. Through a series of close readings, this book examines how Johnson conceived of his relationships to and with the margins of writing and of society. It proposes that his literary and critical practice is neither inclusive nor exclusive in its attitudes towards peripheral things.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191530778
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The traditional view of Samuel Johnson as hostile to particulars, trifles, and aesthetic mediocrity only half-explains his authorial character. Samuel Johnson and the Art of Sinking 1709-1791 argues that, in a period dominated by social and literary hierarchies, Johnson's works reveal a defining interest in 'little', 'mean', or 'low' topics and people. Freya Johnston moves away from a critical emphasis on what literature of this period excludes, to consider its modes of including recalcitrant material. Of necessity finite, any piece of writing is informed by the subject matter it omits or to which it indirectly alludes. How can we identify the peripheral topics or characters purportedly 'excluded' from a text, unless it provides compelling inferences that oblige us to supply the omission? In which case, something subtler is at work than barefaced proscription. Rehearsing the comparative merits of great and little things, Johnson and his contemporaries tested the opposing claims of pagan and Christian authority. Ancient criticism, and its eighteenth-century adherents, held that each subject required an appropriate style: little matters call for the low, lofty ones for the high. Yet Gospel writers stressed Christ's incarnation as a praiseworthy and imitable descent to the humanly little — one that is compatible with the most sublime style. Through a series of close readings, this book examines how Johnson conceived of his relationships to and with the margins of writing and of society. It proposes that his literary and critical practice is neither inclusive nor exclusive in its attitudes towards peripheral things.
Honor and Shame in 1 Samuel 1–7
Author: Bin Kang
Publisher: Langham Publishing
ISBN: 1839737778
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
For many cultures throughout history, honor and shame have been foundational concepts for understanding and evaluating reality. In this study of the first seven chapters of 1 Samuel, Dr. Bin Kang establishes that ancient Israel was such a culture. Utilizing social-scientific criticism and careful linguistic analysis, Kang explores the honor/shame framework as an interpretive lens for reading the Old Testament, specifically the Eli/Samuel and Saul/David episodes, and the rich thematic threads that such a reading brings to light. He demonstrates the narrator’s intentional juxtaposition of honor and shame at the beginning of Samuel’s narrative, and its role in establishing a system of judgement for evaluating Israel’s leaders throughout the rest of 1 and 2 Samuel. Ultimately, it is the choice to render right honor to God – or to claim it for oneself – that determines the rise and fall, election or rejection, of both priests and kings. While making an important contribution to Old Testament scholarship, Kang also includes practical implications for the church in contemporary honor/shame cultures, especially in Asia.
Publisher: Langham Publishing
ISBN: 1839737778
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
For many cultures throughout history, honor and shame have been foundational concepts for understanding and evaluating reality. In this study of the first seven chapters of 1 Samuel, Dr. Bin Kang establishes that ancient Israel was such a culture. Utilizing social-scientific criticism and careful linguistic analysis, Kang explores the honor/shame framework as an interpretive lens for reading the Old Testament, specifically the Eli/Samuel and Saul/David episodes, and the rich thematic threads that such a reading brings to light. He demonstrates the narrator’s intentional juxtaposition of honor and shame at the beginning of Samuel’s narrative, and its role in establishing a system of judgement for evaluating Israel’s leaders throughout the rest of 1 and 2 Samuel. Ultimately, it is the choice to render right honor to God – or to claim it for oneself – that determines the rise and fall, election or rejection, of both priests and kings. While making an important contribution to Old Testament scholarship, Kang also includes practical implications for the church in contemporary honor/shame cultures, especially in Asia.
Voyages of Samuel de Champlain
Author: Samuel de Champlain
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734017769
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Voyages of Samuel de Champlain by Samuel de Champlain
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734017769
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Voyages of Samuel de Champlain by Samuel de Champlain
Samuel Beckett's Theatre in America
Author: N. Bianchini
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137439866
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
A study of the 30-year collaboration between playwright Samuel Beckett and director Alan Schneider, Bianchini reconstructs their shared American productions between 1956 and 1984. By examining how Beckett was introduced to American audiences, this book leads into a wider historical discussion of American theatre in the mid-to-late 20th century.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137439866
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
A study of the 30-year collaboration between playwright Samuel Beckett and director Alan Schneider, Bianchini reconstructs their shared American productions between 1956 and 1984. By examining how Beckett was introduced to American audiences, this book leads into a wider historical discussion of American theatre in the mid-to-late 20th century.
Samuel Kelly
Author: Samuel Kelly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Seafaring life
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
The author was born in Cornwall in 1764 and was a sailor from the age of 14. This autobiography, covering the years 1778-1795, describes seamanship in the eighteenth century. He sailed among others with Admiral Nelson on Diomede. He experienced the British evacuating New York, the foundations of St. John's, New Brunswick, and other historic events. The manuscript was found 100 years after his death.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Seafaring life
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
The author was born in Cornwall in 1764 and was a sailor from the age of 14. This autobiography, covering the years 1778-1795, describes seamanship in the eighteenth century. He sailed among others with Admiral Nelson on Diomede. He experienced the British evacuating New York, the foundations of St. John's, New Brunswick, and other historic events. The manuscript was found 100 years after his death.