Books with author Charlotte Mary 1823-1901 Yonge

Excerpt from A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All LandsWe all of us enjoy a story of battle and adventure. Some of us delight in the anxiety and excitement with which we watch the various strange predicaments, hair-breadth escapes, and ingenious contrivances that are presented to us; and the mere imaginary dread of the dangers thus depicted stirs our feelings and makes us feel eager and full of suspense.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Jason in quest of the golden fleece, and when the marriage of his daughter, A lcestis, was in question, he tried to get rid of her suitors by making it a condition that the successful suitor should be able to yoke and drive together a wild boar and a lion. A dmetus, King of Pherae, a town or district in Thessaly to the west of lolcos, succeeded, thanks to a little timely help from A pollo, who owed the king a debt of gratitude. lo Admetus married A lcestis, but he foolishly omitted to offer a sacrifice to the goddess A rtemis, and was in consequence condemned to die. Alcestis thereupon offered herself as a willing sacrifice in his stead, rather than that the state should be deprived of its ruler. The most touching scene in Euripides tragedy is where A lcestis, full of the desire to live, yet moved by a splendid patriotism and a high sense of duty, takes her last look at the glorious sun and prepares for death. The weakness of the story lies in Admetus willing 20 concession that his wife should make so unparalleled a self-sacrifice on his behalf, but the age of chivalry did not begin till after the power of Christianity had raised the status of woman to a higher level. In another of his plays Euripides tells us that As far as life goes, one man is worth 10,000 women. The story does not end in gloom, and therefore is not in the strictest sense a tragedy (see Glossary), for Heracles rescued the dead Alcestis from the grasp of death and restored her to A dmetus. 30 Euripides, the Athenian poet who dramatised the beautiful story of A lcestis, was born B.C. 480, the year of the battle of Salamis. It was an age of literary glory for Greece, for it produced not only Euripides, but also Aeschylus and Sophocles, two of the greatest play-writers the world has ever known, and Socrates, one of its greatest philosophers or wise thinkers.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher

The Little Duke - Richard The Fearless - Charlotte Mary Yonge - Richard I (28 August 933 – 20 November 996), also known as Richard the Fearless (French, Richard Sans-Peur), was the Count of Rouen from 942 to 996. Dudo of Saint-Quentin, whom Richard commissioned to write the "De moribus et actis primorum Normanniae ducum" (Latin, "On the Customs and Deeds of the First Dukes of Normandy"), called him a Dux. However, this use of the word may have been in the context of Richard's renowned leadership in war, and not as a reference to a title of nobility. Richard either introduced feudalism into Normandy or he greatly expanded it. By the end of his reign, most important Norman landholders held their lands in feudal tenure.

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Unknown To History, hardcover, New Edition. Very good clean tight sound square with NO bookplate inscriptions or marks of any kind, half-title page cracked to tail of hinge. Hennessy engraved frontispiece illustration with tissue-guard intact, title page vignette and 2 further plates in good order.In very good blind ruled blue cloth with bright gilt stamped vignette decoration of author's initials to upper board and bright gilt title to very gently rubbed spine, blind embossed publishers' stamped decoration to lower board, corners and edges crisp. A good price for a very good copy. Other Charlotte M. Yonge titles available.

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Excerpt from The Dove in the Eagle's Nest, Vol. 2 of 2Bird, folly! Thou couldst see no bird less than an eagle from hence, said Ebbo. N o doubt they are about to hoist a banner.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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