Thomas Fuller:A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof With the History of the Old and New Testament Acted Thereon
- Livres de poche 1987, ISBN: 9781236542878
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Paris - Les Bibliophiles Libertins, 1928 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A nicely illustrated copy of the the 'roman-memoires' of Charles Pinot Duclos. The canonical form of French fi… Plus…
Paris - Les Bibliophiles Libertins, 1928 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A nicely illustrated copy of the the 'roman-memoires' of Charles Pinot Duclos. The canonical form of French fiction for the majority of the 1700s, the 'roman-memoires' were essentially pseudo-memories, novels written as memoirs, although their was often controversy as to whether the accounts they contained were secretly true. Illustrated by Maurice L'Hoir. One of 2530 numbered copies, this edition is number 2043. Condition: Bound in illustrated paper wraps. Externally, in excellent condition with minor shelfwear and one small pen mark to the front wrap only. Internally, generally firmly bound. First and last few pages are foxed, otherwise pages have some dark spotting, generallyconfined to the margins. Bookplate of former owner to verso of front blank. Overall: GOOD.., Paris - Les Bibliophiles Libertins, 1928, Guild Publishing, 1987, first thus, NEW IN D/W. 8vo hardback of erotica. Lively pictorial wrapper ONLY FOR SALE HERE, Guild Publishing, 1987, first thus, NEW IN D/W, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1949. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. Good in duststained dustwrapper.. xvi, 259 pp, [1] leaf of plates. This is a volume of twenty-three essays on a variety of topics, contributed by some of Professor Ritchie's co-workers in the field of French studies. The contents include: Sainte-Beuve's Tableau de la Poésie française au XVIe siècle and Cary's Early French Poets; On the Origin and History of three French Words; Proust and Hardy: Incidence or Coincidence; Napoléon et ses Admiratrices Britanniques; A Semantic Group in Alpine Romance; A Bibliogrâphy of Eighteenth Century Translations of Voltaire; A Contemporary Dramatist: René Bru; Brûlé de plus de feux...; An Anglo-French Collection of Books in the Royal Malta Library; Théophile Gautier et le Dandysme Esthétique; Textual Problems of the Lai de F Ombre; Goethe's Autobiography and Rousseau's Confessions; Une Amitié entre Honnêtes Gens, le Comte Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, 'Libertin', et le Père René Rapin, Jésuite; Variant Readings to three Anglo-Norman Poems; Pascal and Brunschvieg; Leconte de Lisle and Robert Burns; Pontigny; Two French Attempts to Invade England during the Hundred Years' War; A Problem of Influences : Taine and the Goncourt Brothers., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1949, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 64 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: . . . change of my religious opinions. I know not whether he ever received this letter, because he took not the slightest notice of it in the one he addressed to me, dated Alexandria, 25th Sept. , I847. I did not, however, trouble myself about it, but continued to write to him frequently, though he never answered any of my letters. The only one I received from him is the one referred to above, and of which I shall give a copy in the Appendix, 1-to show the affection he bore me. I am obliged, however, to confess that this love was soon turned into hatred. When he had ascertained that I was firm in my resolution, and had lost all hope of my return to him, he began to See Appendix, Letters, No. II. 1-Appendix, Letters, N o. III. speak ill of me, saying that I had deceived him while I was residing with him, by frequenting the house of Mr. Winder instead of going to Church, and by studying Protestantism instead of the religion of the Pope--that I had never been his friend--with other accusations of a similar nature. My love for him, however, continued unabated: I never ceased to warn him of his error, and sent him many religious journals, tracts, books, and other interesting papers. Unfortunately, I was sowing in an arid soil, or rather on a stony rock, and my labour was in vain: it produced me nothing in return but the most virulent abuse; and if it were not revolting to the eye and ear of every well educated person, I could report a letter which issued from Monsignor Guascos Episcopal residence--not however in his own handwriting--full of the vilest scurrilities, invectives as coarse and offensive, as if they had proceeded from the lips of the greatest libertine. It concluded in these terms: Thou. . . . . . . . dost thou ask for thy portrait Know that. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub, Melbourne Pub., 1968 Light overall wear.. Mass Market Paperback. Good.., Melbourne Pub., 1968, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 148 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 Excerpt: . . . with his established character, excited the wrath of the people to the highest pitch. f Berthier, his son-in-law, even the Royalists confess to have been a very hard-hearted man, unscrupulous and grasping4 Though fifty years of age he was an atrocious libertine, and seemed to exult in the opportunity of making war upon the Parisians, by whom he was detested. He showed a diabolical activity, says Michclet, in collecting arms, troops, every thing together, and in manufacturing cartridges. If Paris was not laid waste with fire and sword it was not his fault. Both Berthier and Foulon were now at the mercy of the people. Neither the court nor the royal army had any power to protect them, and murmurs loud and deep fell upon their ears. Berthier attempted to escape from France to join the Royalists who had already emigrated. Fleeing by night and hiding by day, in four nights he reached as far as Soissons. Foulon adopted the stratagem of a pretended death. He spread the report that he had died suddenly of apoplexy. He was buried by proxy with great pomp, one of his servants having by chance died at the right moment. He then repaired to the house of a friend, where he concealed himself. He would have been forgotten had he not been so utterly execrated by all France. Those who knew him best hated him the worst. His servants and vassals detected the fraud, and, hunting him out, found him in the park of his friend. You wanted to give us hay, said they; you shall eat some yourself. Bertrand de Molerille testifies that this was an habitual expression in the mouth of Foulon. --Arnials, vol. i. , p. 347. t The old man (Foulon) believed, by such bravado, to please the young military party, and recommend himself for th. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 244 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.5in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: . . . with Bailie John Craig and Robert Luke, goldsmith. The present Oswald Street occupies part of the grounds which belonged to the Smithfield Company. In addition to his timber trade Mr. Dreghorn joined that of lead merchant and plumber. Glasgow Journal, 24th July 1766. --The copartnery betwixt Dreghorn and Bogle being dissolved by the death of Mr Dreghorn, all parties owing them are desired to pay James Hill in Glasgow. The timber trade is continued by Michael Bogle and Scott, who hope to serve their employers as well as ever. They also deal in lead and lead work, and furnish wrights and plumbers for town and country. After the death of Mr. Bogle the business was continued by Scott and Lawrie; and upon the death of Mr. Lawrie, Mr. Allan Scott carried on the concern in his own name, and was succeeded by his son, James Scott, who sold the whole property (where the timber-yard was situated) about forty years ago; and on the front part of which the Roman Catholic Chapel, Great Clyde Street, was erected in the year 1816. Mr. Allan Dreghorn was succeeded by his son, the eccentric Robert Dreghorn, Esq. , of Ruchill. This last named-gentleman was said to have been the ugliest man in Glasgow, and also the most profligate (Ubauche of his time. I must confess, however, that in my opinion both his personal defects and his libertine character have been considerably misrepresented and grossly exaggerated. It is true that the smallpox had made sad havoc on Mr. Dreghorns countenance, for it had deprived him of an eye, and had made his nose to lie flat upon his face; some of the pock-pits upon his cheeks were as large as threepenny pieces. His figure, however, was good; he was rather above the middle height, erect, and with a gentle inward bend in the small o. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 250 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.5in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: . . . (Acts vi. 9), all disputing against St. Stephen. Out of Asia, those of Silesia and proper Asia. Out of Africa, those of the Cyrenians and Alexandrians in Egypt. Out of Europe, those of the libertines of Rome. Behold here an admirable act kept, wherein St. Stephen was the answerer, against whom opponents were fetched from all the parts of the then known world, and all too few to resist the wisdom and spirit by which he spake. What this synagogue of libertines was, is much controverted by learned men. Surely libertines here are not taken in the modern notion of the word, for such as used their liberty for an occasion to the flesh (Gal. v. 13), or a cloak of maliciousness (1 Peter ii. 16), though we confess in after ages such grew into a numerous society, whereof Satans subtility and mans corruption the founders, the negligence and connivance of magistrates the daily benefactors. A college, whose gates (like those of hell) stand always open, having no other statutes than the students pleasure; where the diet is so dear, that their commons cost the souls of such as feed on them, without their final repentance. Most probable it is, that by libertines were intended such Romans as were manumitted, or made free by their masters; whereof Tacitus counts no fewer than four thousand in the city of Rome, which professed the Jewish religion; some whereof, with most likelihood, had their synagogues in Jerusalem, wherein they were more perfectly instructed in matters both of doctrine and discipline. The gazith or common council must not be omitted, coming near to the nature of a college, wherein the sanhedrim or seventy elders had their judicatory, before whom the disciples were summoned, and straitly threatened not to preach (Acts iv. 15), and afterwards, . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<