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Ansel Brooks Smith-Mrs. Marie Smith, August 3, 1917, Lansing Michigan, Ansel Brooks Smith Sr.

Ansel Brooks Smith, Sr. Letters

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Ansel Brooks Smith-Mrs. Marie Smith, August 2, 1917, Lansing Michigan, Ansel Brooks Smith Sr.

Ansel Brooks Smith, Sr. Letters

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Ansel Brooks Smith-Mrs. Marie Smith, July 31, 1917, Lansing Michigan, Ansel Brooks Smith Sr.

Ansel Brooks Smith, Sr. Letters

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Ansel Brooks Smith-Mrs. Marie Smith, July 31, 1917, Lansing Michigan, Ansel Brooks Smith Sr.

Ansel Brooks Smith, Sr. Letters

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Ansel Brooks Smith-Mrs. Marie Smith, July 29, 1917, Lansing, Michigan, Ansel Brooks Smith Sr.

Ansel Brooks Smith, Sr. Letters

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Ansel Brooks Smith-Mrs. Marie Smith, July 23, 1917, Lansing, Michigan, Ansel Brooks Smith Sr.

Ansel Brooks Smith, Sr. Letters

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The Meeting Of The Estates-General, 1789: The Union Of The Three Orders, June 24 To June 27, Jeanette Needham

University Studies (University of Nebraska): Papers

The calling of the estates-general for 1789 marked the culmination of a long and bitter struggle between the king and the privileged orders, caused chiefly by the financial embarrassment of the country. The victory over the king was the signal for.a still more bitter conflict between the third estate and the privileged classes over the organization of the estates-general. It was continued after the formal opening of the estates in May, 1789, under the guise of a new contest, over the manner of verifi€ation of credentials. Although outwardly but a matter of parliamentary procedure, this question in reality veiled that …

On The Conflict Of Parties In The Jacobin Club (November, 1789-July 17, 1791), Charles Kuhlmann

University Studies (University of Nebraska): Papers

The Breton Club having ceased its activity after the discussion of the veto in August, 1789, the popular party in the assembly found itself without a railying point. Although differences of opinion had shattered the loosely organized club at Versailles, the memory of its usefulness soon induced the same members to attempt the formation of a new and more regularly organized association in the capital,1 The exact date of the formation of the J acobin Club it is impossible to determine from the evidence so far discovered, but everything points to the close of November or the first days of …

Women In The French Revolution, Edna Ethel Dawley

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

Beginning with a detailed history of the sparks that led to the Revolution in France (1789–1799), this essay gives French women praise by illustrating the specific types of women who assisted in the Revolution: the women of the mob, Charlotte Corday, Madame Roland, Madame de Stael, the Princess de Lamballe and Marie Antoinette.

Home Life In Ancient Rome, Bertha Douglass Tucker

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

This essay documents the similarities between the Romans in 400 BC and Americans in the very early 20th century while also exploring the minor differences in material surroundings, social customs and religious practices.

The Value Of The Colonies To The Mother Country, Lenora Estelle Stillman

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

A study of the relationship of a colony to its original country, focusing on the importance fair policies in Spain, England and France and questioning whether or not Europeans emigrating to U.S. colonies remain European citizens or can be considered representatives of their countries.

The Bradford Manuscript, Abbie Gertrude Sherman

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

Summary of the Bradford Manuscript, a journal by William Bradford, English leader of the settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts during his journey on the Mayflower in July of 1620.

Johanna Ambrosius, Bessie B. Hoxie

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

A short contemporary (to 1895) biography of German poet Johanna Ambrosius (1854-1939) which includes critiques of selected poems by Ambrosius.

The Present State Of Europe, N. Beverley Tucker

Faculty Publications

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Book Review Of The History Of England, From The Accession Of James Ii, N. Beverley Tucker

Faculty Publications

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Hallam's Middle Ages, Lucian Minor

Faculty Publications

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Book Review Of Anna Brownell (Murphy) Jameson's The Beauties Of The Court Of Charles The Second, N. Beverley Tucker

Faculty Publications

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Brief Aus Rom, Friederike Brun

Prose Nonfiction

Complete English translation of this work is available as a supplemental file.

Phantastes Chapter 6: Der Zauberring (The Magical Ring), Friedrich Heinrich Karl

German Romantic and Other Influences

Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte (1777-1843), is an important German writer who helped define German Romanticism. Fouqué’s Undine (1811) was the fairy tale that MacDonald cites in “The Fantastic Imagination” as the ideal fairy tale. Der Zauberring (The Magical Ring, 1813) follows Otto and his cousin Bertha as they go on a series of adventures to find the magic ring. This work, critics argue, influenced not only MacDonald but William Morris, Richard Wagner, and J. R. R. Tolkien.

Phantastes Chapter 8: Faust, Goethe

German Romantic and Other Influences

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), was a German writer associated with the Sturm and Drang (Storm and Stress) literary movement. Faust 1 (1806) has Mephistopheles, a minion for the devil, seduce Faust into selling his soul to the devil. Faust, in turn, seduces a young woman, ultimately destroying her. In Faust 2 (1831), Faust goes on a series of adventures, meets some fairies, and finally atones for some of his sins and is able to enter Heaven.

Elegiac Stanzas, William Wordsworth, Richard Matlak

Texts relating to the Earl of Abergavenny (ship)

Poem written by William Wordsworth in response to Sir George Beaumont's painting Piel Castle in a Storm, which Wordsworth associated with his brother's tragedy. Captain John Wordsworth died when his ship, the Earl of Abergavenny, sank off the coast of England during a storm in February, 1805.

Annotated by Richard Matlak.

The poetic text and associated image accompany a model of the Earl of Abergavenny, East Indiaman on display in Dinand Library at the College of the Holy Cross.

Narrative Of The Loss Of The Earl Of Abergavenny, East Indiaman, Captain John Wordsworth, Which Drove On The Shambles, Off The Bill Of Portland, And Sunk In Twelve Fathoms Water, February 5, 1805, Archibald Duncan

Texts relating to the Earl of Abergavenny (ship)

The Earl of Abergevnny was an East Indiaman which was wrecked in 1805 off the Isle of Portland, England in Weymouth Bay. The sinking was a sensational event due to the high number of lives lost, the amount of high-value of cargo that sank and the controversial testimony of survivors. Captain John Wordsworth, brother of the Romantic poet William Wordsworth, perished in the wreck.

This excerpt is from the Mariner's Chronicle, Being a Collection of the Most Interesting Narratives of Shipwrecks, Fires, Famines, and Other Calamaties Incident to a Life of Maritime Enterprise by Archibald Duncan, 124-132. London: James Cundee,1805

"I Only Look'd For Pain And Grief", William Wordsworth, Richard Matlak

Texts relating to the Earl of Abergavenny (ship)

Poem written by William Wordsworth as a private lament on the death of his brother, left unpublished in manuscript. Captain John Wordsworth died when his ship, the Earl of Abergavenny, sank off the coast of England during a storm in February, 1805.

Annotated by Richard Matlak.

Phantastes Chapter 7: Ballad Of Sir Andrew Barton, Unknown

German Romantic and Other Influences

“Ballad of Sir Andrew Barton” dates from the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1. It appears in the eighteenth-century collection of ballads and popular songs edited by Thomas Percy, Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765). Sir Andrew Barton was a Scottish sea captain who engaged in a sea battle with two English ships. He was killed in the altercation, but became famous for his bravery.

Phantastes Chapter 13: I Prithee Send Me Back My Heart, John Suckling

German Romantic and Other Influences

Lines 13-18 from “I prithee send me back my heart” by the poet Sir John Suckling. Suckling (1609-1641) is associated with the Cavalier Poets, poets who supported King Charles I. Suckling is the inventor of the card game cribbage.