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Henry Constable, Samuel Daniel

Elizabethan Sonnet-Cycles: Delia - Diana is a masterful anthology that explores the ingenuity and versatility of the Elizabethan sonnet form. This anthology emphasizes the rich interplay of themes such as unrequited love, enduring beauty, and the philosophical reflections of desire, capturing the quintessence of an era where the sonnet cycle epitomized literary sophistication. The collection presents a tapestry of styles, from the passionate intensity of amorous admiration to the subtle in...

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Henry Constable, Samuel Daniel

Elizabethan Sonnet-Cycles: Delia - Diana presents an exquisite symposium of poetic mastery emblematic of the Elizabethan era's profound engagement with the sonnet form. This anthology beckons readers to explore the thematic richness and stylistic innovations that characterized the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Assembled without singular authorship focus, the collection reflects a tapestry of affectations, from courtly love to spiritual introspection. The cycles, including the poignan...

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Henry Constable, Samuel Daniel

Elizabethan Sonnet-Cycles: Delia - Diana presents a captivating exploration into the age of Elizabethan poetry, bringing together two seminal works that encapsulate the rich tapestry of the sonnet form during this golden era. The anthology elegantly weaves thematic explorations of love, beauty, and the complexities of human emotion, showcasing the enduring nature and diversity of the sonnet. These works demonstrate a mastery of literary styles, ranging from the introspective and mournful t...

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Jean-Henri Fabre

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Florence Constable Bicknell

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Children's & Family

Complete and unabridged, with 35 full-page plates by Gustave Caillebotte, Édouard Manet and Camille Pissarro. Uncle Paul explains the world to his nephews and niece in the evenings: why bread rises, what a wasp builds with, how a match works, where the frost goes. Fabre was the greatest observer of insects of his century and wrote schoolbooks to feed his family. The teaching method — a question at the table, an answer that takes a week — is the model every popular science book since has tr...

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Geoffrey Chaucer, Golden Deer Classics, Anonymous, Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard, George Gascoigne, Edward Dyer, John Lyly, Thomas Lodge, George Peele, Robert Southwell, Samuel Daniel, Michael Drayton, Henry Constable, Edmund Spenser, William Habington, Christopher Marlowe, Richard Rowlands, Thomas Nashe, William Shakespeare, Robert Greene, Richard Barnfield, Thomas Campion, Robert Devereux, Henry Wotton, Edward de Vere, Ben Jonson, John Donne, Joshua Sylvester, William Alexander, Richard Corbet, Thomas Heywood, Thomas Dekker, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, John Webster, William Drummond, George Wither, William Browne, Robert Herrick, Francis Quarles, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Francis Bacon, James Shirley, Thomas Carew, John Suckling, William D'Avenant, Richard Lovelace, Edmund Waller, William Cartwright, James Graham, Richard Crashaw, Thomas Jordan, Abraham Cowley, Alexander Brome, Andrew Marvell, Earl of Rochester, Charles Sedley, John Dryden, Matthew Prior, Isaac Watts, Lady Grisel Baillie, Joseph Addison, Allan Ramsay, John Gay, Henry Carey, Alexander Pope, Ambrose Philips, Colley Cibber, James Thomson, Thomas Gray, George Bubb Dodington

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Harvard Classics

Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)

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Jean-Henri Fabre, Penelope Hightower

Translated by

Florence Constable Bicknell

In "Animal Life in Field and Garden," Jean-Henri Fabre masterfully explores the intricate behaviors and adaptations of various small creatures, offering readers a vivid glimpse into the hidden world of insects and their environments. Fabre employs an engaging narrative style that combines meticulous scientific observation with poetic descriptions, making complex natural phenomena accessible and captivating. This work, published during the late 19th century, stands as a pioneering contribut...

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Jean-Henri Fabre, Penelope Hightower

Translated by

Florence Constable Bicknell

In "Our Humble Helpers: Familiar Talks on the Domestic Animals," Jean-Henri Fabre invites readers into an enthralling exploration of the intimate relationship between humans and domestic animals. Employing a conversational yet insightful literary style, Fabre unravels the multifaceted lives of familiar creatures such as dogs, cats, and horses, blending personal anecdotes with scientific observations. His work reflects the early foundations of ethology, drawing from contemporary scientific ...

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Jean-Henri Fabre, Penelope Hightower

Translated by

Florence Constable Bicknell

In "Field, Forest and Farm," Jean-Henri Fabre immerses readers in the intricate and often overlooked lives of insects and other organisms, employing a vivid and eloquent prose style that blends scientific observation with a poet's sensibility. Set against the backdrop of late 19th-century France, this work reflects the burgeoning field of entomology, intertwining the detailed observations of nature with a philosophy that underscores the interconnectedness of all life. Fabre's unique litera...

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William Collins, Golden Deer Classics, George Sewell, Alison Rutherford Cockburn, Jane Elliot, Christopher Smart, Anonymous, John Logan, Henry Fielding, Charles Dibdin, Samuel Johnson, Robert Graham of Gartmore, Adam Austin, William Cowper, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Isobel Pagan, Lady Anne Lindsay, Thomas Chatterton, Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne, Alexander Ross, John Skinner, Michael Bruce, George Halket, William Hamilton of Bangour, Hector MacNeil, William Jones, Susanna Blamire, Anne Hunter, John Dunlop, Samuel Rogers, William Blake, John Collins, Robert Tannahill, William Wordsworth, William Lisle Bowles, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, Charles Lamb, James Hogg, Robert Surtees, Thomas Campbell, J. Campbell, Allan Cunningham, George Gordon, Thomas Moore, Charles Wolfe, Percy Bysshe Shelley, James Henry Leigh Hunt, John Keats, Walter Savage Landor, Thomas Hood, Aubrey De Vere, Hartley Coleridge, Joseph Blanco White, George Darley, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Hugh Miller, Helen Selina, Lady Dufferin, Charles Tennyson Turner, Samuel Ferguson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edward Fitzgerald

Book 41 -

Harvard Classics

Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Golden Deer Classics, Richard Monckton Milnes, William Makepeace Thackeray, Charles Kingsley, J. Wilson, Robert Browning, Emily Brontë, Robert Stephen Hawker, Coventry Patmore, William (Johnson) Cory, Sydney Dobell, William Allingham, George Mac Donald, Edward, Earl of Lytton, Arthur Hugh Clough, Matthew Arnold, George Meredith, Alexander Smith, Charles Dickens, Thomas Edward Brown, James Thomson (B. V.), Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Christina Georgina Rossetti, William Morris, John Boyle O'Reilly, Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy, Robert Williams Buchanan, Algernon Charles Swinburne, William Ernest Henley, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, Sidney Lanier, Bret Harte, Walt Whitman

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Harvard Classics

Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)

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W. P. Pycraft

This lovely children's book provides an interesting insight to the anatomy and behaviour of the animals of the British countryside and farmyard. It endeavours to answer questions such as Why are the horns of the deer branched?, Why does the rabbit have a white tail? and Why the Sheep has a woolly coat? Beautifully illustrated throughout with Edwin Noble's black and white and colour illustrations.

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Anon

Originally published in 1903, this book comprises a detailed guide to setting up and maintaining a routine of management for the successful rearing of pheasants. Written in clear, simple language and full of handy tips, “The Pheasant Rearers' Manual” represents a timeless guide for all with a practical interest in the subject keeping wildfowl for pleasure or sport. Contents include: "Pheasants and Sport", "Concerning Eggs", "Aviary Construction", "Catching up Pheasants", "Equipment", "Sitt...