Beacon Lights of History: Great writers

Howard & Hulbert, 1913

ROUSSEAU	19

His first public essay in literature	29

99	40

Émile	57

Evanescence of literary fame	68

Her character	76

Scottish Minstrelsy	81

Personal habits	98

Devotion to literature	260

Conclusion of the History foreign and domestic honors	278

What the sonnets and the dramas reveal of the poets	305

Despite his genius he shares the halfness and imperfec	311

BY THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY	317

The poetical temperament highest in a rude state	323

Characteristics and magical influence of Miltons poetry	330

Comus properly more lyrical than dramatic	336

Miltons handling of supernatural beings in his poetry	342

Moral qualities of Milton and Dante 349	349

Eloquent champion of the principles of freedom	355

Approval of the Great Rebellion and of Miltons attitude	366

The Puritans and Royalists or Roundheads and Cava	373

The battle Milton fought for freedom of the human mind	384

BY FREDERIC HENRY HEDGE	393

Selfdiscipline and educational training 400403	400

Counsellor to Duke Karl August at Weimar where	406

His unflagging industry defence of the poets personal	412

Lyrist dramatist novelist and mystic seer	418

The prose works Wilhelm Meister and the Elective	424

BY G MERCER ADAM	439

The Idylls of the King their deep ethical motive	445

Early publishing ventures his volume of 1842 gave	453

Hallam Tennysons memoir of the poet his friends	456

The metrical romance Maud and The Idylls of	463

The Falcon The	471

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Título	Beacon Lights of History: Great writers Volumen13 de Beacon Lights of History, John Lord
Autor	John Lord
Editor	Howard & Hulbert, 1913
Procedencia del original	Universidad de California
Digitalizado	31 Oct. 2009

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Waverley	102

Works issued in 18201825	104

The Antiquary	110

LORD BYRON	111

First publication of poems	143

Loneliness and melancholy determines to travel	147

Instant fame and popularity	153

Genius and marriage	159

Evil reputation loss of public favor	161

Influence of Rousseau	162

Two sides to Byrons character	167

Byrons interest in the Greek Revolution	180

The verdict	186

Brief résumé of Carlyles career	192

Elements of Geometry Life of Schiller	198

Characteristics	208

Past and Present	227

Great merits of Carlyle as historian	233

Frederick the Great	237

Limitations as a statesman	245