The Fishes' Feast, with a Mermaid's Song
Author : A. Tabby
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Page : 48 pages
File Size : 19,81 MB
Release : 1808
Category : Animals
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The Fishes Feast, with a Mermaid's Song ... To which is Added the Ape's Concert. By A. T-y. [Poems Subscribed, A. Tabby.]
Author : A. TABBY (pseud.)
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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 37,44 MB
Release : 1808
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The Making of the Modern Child
Author : Andrew O'Malley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 39,60 MB
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1135947325
Book Description
This book explores how the concept of childhood in the late-18th century was constructed through the ideological work performed by children's literature, as well as pedagogical writing and medical literature of the era. Andrew O'Malley ties the evolution of the idea of "the child" to the growth of the middle class, which used the figure of the child as a symbol in its various calls for social reform.
Hearing the Mermaid's Song
Author : Lindsay Hale
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 29,13 MB
Release : 2009-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0826347347
Book Description
The Umbanda religion summons the spirits of old slaves and Brazilian Indians to speak through the mouths of mediums in trance. Its practitioners worship African gods, often calling them by the names of Catholic saints; simultaneously embrace the concepts of karma, reincarnation, and Christian charity; and believe in the capacities of both modern science and ancient magic. A relatively new religion dating to the beginning of the twentieth century, Umbanda has its origins in Rio de Janeiro and its surrounding urban areas where Afro-Brazilians, many ex-slaves or the descendants of slaves, practiced versions of the religion handed down to them by their ancestors. Umbanda's popularity has grown tremendously over the past century, attracting not only those who seek the assistance of spirits in solving problems in their lives, but those in pursuit of a path to a rich spiritual life and a fellowship of faith and service. Over the course of nearly a decade, Lindsay Hale spent countless hours attending rituals and festivals and interviewing participants of Umbanda, immersing himself in this fascinating religious world. In describing its many aspects and exploring its unique place within the lives of a wide variety of practitioners, Hale places Umbanda spiritual beliefs and practices within the broader context of Brazilian history and culture.
The Adventures of Trot & Cap'n Bill Before They Went to Oz - The Sea Fairies, Sky Island
Author : L. Frank Baum
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 48,55 MB
Release : 2007-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1847998364
Book Description
'Readers who have followed Dorothy's adventures in the Land of Oz will be interested in Trot's equally strange experiences. Many children implored me to "write something about the mermaids," and I willingly granted the request. "The Sea Fairies..".was received with much approval by my readers, many have written me that they like Trot "almost as well as Dorothy" This story of "Sky Island" has astonished me and I think it will also astonish you. The sky country is certainly a remarkable land.' L. Frank Baum In Sky Island are some other recognisable Oz characters, Button-Bright and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter. You will also meet the bad Greatly Stately Irately Boolooroo who takes our friends prisoner, and the little blue dog that crows like a rooster, the pretty blue cat that sings like a bird, the soft, blue lamb that chatters like a monkey, the poetic blue parrot that barks like a dog and the fuzzy blue rabbit that roars like a lion. Giant 8.5" x 11" book
A Dictionary Of The English Language; In Which The Words Are Deduced From Their Originals; And Illustrated In Their Different Significations, By Examples From The Best Writers: Together With A History of the Language, and an English Grammar
Author : Samuel Johnson
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Page : 752 pages
File Size : 20,91 MB
Release : 1818
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Book Description
A Dictionary of the English Language; in which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals; and Illustrated in Their Different Significations ... Together with a History of the Language, and an English Grammar. By Samuel Johnson ... Whith Numerous Corrections, and with the Addition of Several Thousand Words ... by the Rev. H.J. Todd ... In Four Volumes. Vol. 1. [-4.]
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Page : 1090 pages
File Size : 30,97 MB
Release : 1818
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A Dictionary of the English Language
Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher :
Page : 1086 pages
File Size : 12,20 MB
Release : 1818
Category : English language
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Book Description
A Dictionary of the English Language
Author : Johnson
Publisher :
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 26,70 MB
Release : 1818
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The Fantastical World of Magical Beasts
Author : Charles Perrault
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 2865 pages
File Size : 20,22 MB
Release : 2023-12-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
Fantastic legends, myths and tales of magical creatures come alive in this meticulously edited collection by Good Press. Content: The Dragon of the North My Father's Dragon The Reluctant Dragon The Book of Dragons The Book of Beasts Uncle James, or the Purple Stranger The Deliverers of Their Country The Ice Dragon, or Do as You Are Told The Island of the Nine Whirlpools The Dragon Tamers The Fiery Dragon, or the Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold Kind Little Edmund, or the Caves and the Cockatrice Five Children and It The Phoenix and the Carpet Beowulf The Gorgon's Head The Chimæra The Minotaur The Dragon's Teeth Mermaids The Iron Wolf The Good Sea Monster The Ogre The Troll's Hammer Jack the Giant Killer Jack and the Bean-Stalk The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor The Enchanted Horse Beauty and the Beast Alice in Wonderland Through the Looking Glass The Magical Monarch of Mo The Master Key The Sea Fairies Prince Mud-Turtle The Princess and the Goblin The Princess and Curdie Lilybell and Thistledown Ripple, the Water Sprite The Brownie and the Princess Snow-White and Rose-Red Rumpelstiltskin... The Elves and the Shoemaker Puss in Boots The Story of Hok Lee and the Dwarfs The Dragon and His Grandmother The Seven-Headed Serpent The Giants and the Herd-Boy How the Dragon Was Tricked The Goblin and the Grocer The Slaying of the Tanuki The Troll's Daughter The Goblin Pony Herr Lazarus and the Draken The History of Dwarf Long Nose The Headless Dwarfs The Prince and the Dragon The Boy who found the Pots of Gold The Bad Boy and the Leprechaun The Leprechaun, or Fairy Shoemaker The Boggart The Sick-Bed Elves The Pixies The Brownie of Blednoch Elsa and the Ten Elves Piskey Fine! and Piskey Gay! The Fairy Wedding The Floating Prince How the Aristocrats Sailed Away (A Sequel) Huckleberry The Sprig of Holly... Hilda's Mermaid The Tell-Tale Goblin The Revenge of the Gnomes The Rain Elves The Dwarf with the Golden Beard The Great White Bear and the Trolls The King of the Buffaloes The Farmer and the Pixy...
