Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
Author : Peter Mark Roget
Publisher :
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 23,95 MB
Release : 1921
Category : English language
ISBN :
Author : Peter Mark Roget
Publisher :
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 23,95 MB
Release : 1921
Category : English language
ISBN :
Author : Stephen Vincent Benet
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 33,53 MB
Release : 1943-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780822203032
THE STORY: Jabez Stone, young farmer, has just been married, and the guests are dancing at his wedding. But Jabez carries a burden, for he knows that, having sold his soul to the Devil, he must, on the stroke of midnight, deliver it up to him. Shortly before twelve Mr. Scratch, lawyer, enters and the company is thunderstruck. Jabez bids his guests begone; he has made his bargain and will pay the price. His bride, however, stands by him, and so will Daniel Webster, who has come for the festivities. Webster takes the case. But Scratch is a lawyer himself and out-argues the statesman. Webster demands a jury of real Americans, living or dead. Very well, agrees the Devil, he shall have them, and ghosts appear. Webster thunders, but to no avail, and at last realizing Scratch can better him on technical grounds, he changes his tactics and appeals to the ghostly jury, men who have retained some love of country. Rising to the height of his powers, Webster performs the miracle of winning a verdict of Not Guilty.
Author : William Herbert Page
Publisher :
Page : 1794 pages
File Size : 17,53 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Estate planning
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Author : Colm Toibin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 16,70 MB
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1439149852
From one of contemporary literature’s bestselling, critically acclaimed, and beloved authors: a “luminous” novel (Jennifer Egan, The New York Times Book Review) about a fiercely compelling young widow navigating grief, fear, and longing, and finding her own voice—“heartrendingly transcendant” (The New York Times, Janet Maslin). Set in Wexford, Ireland, Colm Tóibín’s magnificent seventh novel introduces the formidable, memorable, and deeply moving Nora Webster. Widowed at forty, with four children and not enough money, Nora has lost the love of her life, Maurice, the man who rescued her from the stifling world to which she was born. And now she fears she may be sucked back into it. Wounded, selfish, strong-willed, clinging to secrecy in a tiny community where everyone knows your business, Nora is drowning in her own sorrow and blind to the suffering of her young sons, who have lost their father. Yet she has moments of stunning insight and empathy, and when she begins to sing again, after decades, she finds solace, engagement, a haven—herself. Nora Webster “may actually be a perfect work of fiction” (Los Angeles Times), by a “beautiful and daring” writer (The New York Times Book Review) at the zenith of his career, able to “sneak up on readers and capture their imaginations” (USA TODAY). “Miraculous...Tóibín portrays Nora with tremendous sympathy and understanding” (Ron Charles, The Washington Post).
Author : William Patterson Borland
Publisher :
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 29,66 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Executors and administrators
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Author : Jeri Chase Ferris
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 26,67 MB
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0547935412
Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction Webster’s American Dictionary is the second most popular book ever printed in English. But who was that Webster? Noah Webster (1758–1843) was a bookish Connecticut farm boy who became obsessed with uniting America through language. He spent twenty years writing two thousand pages to accomplish that, and the first 100 percent American dictionary was published in 1828 when he was seventy years old. This clever, hilariously illustrated account shines a light on early American history and the life of a man who could not rest until he’d achieved his dream. An illustrated chronology of Webster’s life makes this a picture perfect bi-og-ra-phy [noun: a written history of a person's life].
Author : Crawford Dawes Hening
Publisher :
Page : 950 pages
File Size : 39,93 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN :
Author : Toby Fulwiler
Publisher :
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 36,68 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Education
ISBN :
Intended for use by college and university educators, this book contains theoretical ideas and practical activities designed to enhance and promote writing across the curriculum programs. Topics discussed in the 12 major chapters are (1) conceptual frameworks of the cross writing program; (2) journal writing across the curriculum; (3) writing and problem solving; (4) assigning and evaluating transactional writing; (5) audience and purpose in writing; (6) the poetic function of language; (7) using narration to shape experience; (8) readers and expressive language; (9) what every educator should know about reading research; (10) reconciling readers and texts; (11) peer critiques, teacher student conferences, and essay evaluation as a means of responding to student writing; and (12) the role of the writing laboratory. A concluding chapter provides a select bibliography on language and learning across the curriculum. (FL)
Author : Steven W. Webster
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 10,53 MB
Release : 2020-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1108491375
Anger is the central emotion governing US politics, lowering trust in government, weakening democratic values, and forging partisan loyalty.
Author : Eugene McQuillin
Publisher :
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 23,95 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Corporation law
ISBN :