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Sto caricando le informazioni... Las ruinas de Palmira o meditación sobre las revoluciones de las imperiosdi Constantin François Chasseboeuf comte de Volney
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A rare paperback edition of the Jefferson-Barlow translation published by Peter Eckler in 1915. Front cover has a unique image of pyramids and Sphinx. Only copy I have ever seen--I suppose because few paperback editions survive. Includes Law of Nature and Volney's Answer to Dr. Priestly. Long list of other Eckler books at the back. Purchased on eBay for a song! Belonged to John H. Guy, Captain of the Goochland Light Infantry Battery, which surrendered at Fort Donelson in 1862. Guy was taken prisoner. His signature on front pastedown and title page. Plus several sheets of Latin notes. "West & Johnson, 145 Main Street, Richmond Virginia" seal on first blank page. All of the above yet another example of the far-reaching influence of Thomas Jefferson's translation on American history... A then-unknown Honore de Balzac published Volney's Ruins in 1827 even though the book had been banned by Louis XVIII during the Restoration. Balzac editions are very, very rare. Note for collectors: in very small print at the bottom of the title page you should see this text: "Imprimerie de H. Balzac, rue des Marais S.-G., N. 17." nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Purple Church tells the story of Brother Jimmy Russell, a vulnerable and lonely Baptist minister who has everything going for him until his life falls apart after leukemia claims the life of his devoted bride. Brother Jimmy is then tempted by the young and beautiful Ashley White, who was abused by her father as a child and then raped by her fiance's father when she was in college. Ashley's tragic past leaves her empty and starved for attention, a perfect combination that leads her to skid row on a lofted stage in a popular Memphis strip club. The tale is one of redemption and spiritual consequence for both the handsome preacher and the lovely coed, whose salvation is Brother Jimmy's only reason for living. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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These wonderful narrations inspired me with strange feelings. Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous, and magnificent, yet so vicious and base? He appeared at one time a mere scion of the evil principle, and at another as all that can be conceived of noble and godlike. To be a great and virtuous man appeared the highest honour that can befall a sensitive being; to be base and vicious, as many on record have been, appeared the lowest degradation, a condition more abject than that of the blind mole or harmless worm. For a long time I could not conceive how one man could go forth to murder his fellow, or even why there were laws and governments; but when I heard details of vice and bloodshed, my wonder ceased, and I turned away with disgust and loathing."
- Frankenstein, Volume II, Chapter VI