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Title: Cold War Letters.(Book review)
Author: Paul R. Dekar
Publication: Cross Currents (Newsletter)
Date: March 1, 2009
Publisher: Association for Religion and Intellectual Life
Volume: 59Issue: 1Page: 92(2)

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Title: Lives of the mystics: author notes divine union, like fortune, favors the prepared.(Love Burning in the Soul: The Story of the Christian Mystics, From Saint Paul to Thomas Merton)(Book review)
Author: Christopher Merrill
Publication: National Catholic Reporter (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 10, 2006
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Volume: 42Issue: 19Page: 16(1)

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:A pertinacious beggar.and miserable, and. advancing to them, held out bis cap for alms. Mr. George, who thought it was not best to give to beggars in the streets, was going on without regarding him ; but theThb Beooab.man hobbled on by the side of the strangers, and Rcemed about to be as pertinacious as the commissioner. They went on so for a little distance, when at length, just as the man was about givingSly charity. The beggar gone.up in despair, Rollo put his hand in his pocket, and feeling among the money there, happened to bring up a small copper coin, which he at once and instinctively dropped into the beggar's cap. He performed the movement a little slyly, so that Mr. George did not see him. This he was able to do from the fact that the beggar was on his fide, and not on Mr. George's, and, moreover, a little behind.As soon as the man received the coin, he took it, put the cap on his head, and fell back out of view." I am glad he is gone," said Mr. George ; " I was afraid he would follow us half through the town."Rollo laughed."What is it?" said Mr. George. "What makes you laugh ? "" Why, the fact is," said Rollo, " I gave him u batz."" Ah ! " said Mr. George." Yes," said Rollo, " or something like a batz, that I had in my pocket."A batz is a small Swiss coin, of the value of a fifth of a cent. Rollo had become familiar with this money in the course of his travels in Switzerland, but he did not yet know the names of the Prussian coins. The money which he gaveRollo's way. Another commissioner. Narrow streets.the beggar was really what they called a pfcn- -iigeRollo supposed that his uncle would not quite approve of his giving the beggar this money ; but as he never liked to have any secrecy or concealment in wha... ... Read more

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I still do not konw . . .
After reading this short history, I become aware Charles I. However,

I still do not know whether or not Charles I is great?
I still do not know the real reason for the civil war in England?
I still do not understand why France did not invade England during the civil war.
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Great Book
I will be up front.I did not go out looking for this.It was recommended by a friend.

The book is a little slow getting into, so hang in there.I usually give a book about 80 pages.If it is not good by 80 pages it probably will never get good.This book passes the page test though.

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:Lady Jua Gray. Her dispositionChapter III. Lady Jane Grey. AMONG Elizabeth's companions and play, mates in her early years was a young lady, her cousin, as she was often called, though she was really the daughter of her cousin, named Jane Grey, commonly called in history Lady Jane Grey. Her mother was the Marchioness of Dorset, and was the daughter of one of King Henry the Eighth's sisters. King Henry had named her as the next in the order of succession after his own children, that is, after Edward his son, and Mary and Elizabeth his two daughters; and, consequently, though she was very young, yet, as she might one day be Queen of England, she was a personage of considerable importance. She was, accordingly, kept near the court, and ibared, in some respects, the education and the studies of the two princesses.Lady Jane, was about four years youngei than the Princess Elizabeth, and the sweetness of her disposition, united with an extraordinary IntelJftctnal superiority, which showed itself alLady Jane'i parenta. Restraintl put npon hera very early period, made her a universal favorite. Her father and mother, the Marquis and Marchioness of Dorset, lived at an estate they possessed, called Broadgate, in Leicestershire, which is in the central part of England, although they took their title from the county of Dorset, which is on the southwestern coast. They were very proud of their daughter, and attached infinite importance to her descent from Henry VTL, and to the possibility that she might one day succeed to the English throne. They were very strict and severe in their manners, and paid great attention to etiquette and punctilio, as persons who are ambitious of rising in the world are very apt to do. In all ages of the world, and among all nations, those who have... ... Read more

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How to wrtie this person?
This book appears to me less interesting than the books I read by the same author.

Perhaps the problem is not attributed to the author, but how to write a book related to a person, who was not like other kings involved persoanlly in fierce battles but sat in London.

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The Shelf2Life Children's Literature and Fiction Collection is a charming set of pre-1923 nursery rhymes, fairy tales, classic novels and short stories for children and young adults.From a tardy white rabbit, spirited orphan and loyal watchdog to a dreamer named Dorothy, this collection presents an assortment of memorable characters whose stories light up the pages.The young and young at heart will delight in magical tales of fairies and angels and be captivated by explorations of mysterious islands.The Shelf2Life Children's Literature and Fiction Collection allows you to open a door into a world of fantasy and make-believe where imaginations can run wild. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Jacob Abbott (1803-1879) was an American writer of children's books. He was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. His Rollo Books, such as Rollo at Work (1837) and Rollo at Play (1837) are the best known of his writings, having as their chief characters a representative boy and his associates. His other works include: The Teacher; or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young (1833), Rollo on the Atlantic (1853), Rollo in Paris (1854), Rollo on the Rhine (1855), Georgie (1855), Rollo in Holland (1856), Rollo in Rome (1858), Rollo in Switzerland (1858), Rollo in the Woods and Peter the Great. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:Mr. George's plan in respect to the ehililren.Chapter II. The Embarkation. The time fixed for the sailing of the steamer was on Tuesday morning ; and Mr. George, in order to have time to communicate with some of the gentlemen to whose care he intended to intrust the two children, planned his journey to New York so as to arrive there in good season on Monday. He supposed that he should be able, without any difficulty, to find one or the other of them in the afternoon or evening of that day." And if worst comes to the worst," added he to himself, in his reflections on the subject, " I can certainly find them at the ship, by going on board an hour or two before she sails, and .watching the plank as the passengers come up from the pier."Worst did come to the worst, it seems; for when Mr. George came home at nine o'clock in the evening, on Monday, and Rollo came up to him very eagerly in the parlor of the boardingJane and Lottie on the stairs.house, to ask him whom he had found to take charge of them, he was forced to confess that he had not found any one." I am glad of it 1" exclaimed Rollo, joyfully. " I am glad of it! I like it a great deal better to take care of ourselves."He then began dancing about the room, and finally ran off in great glee, to inform Jane of the prospect before them. Rollo was very ambitious of being considered a man.He found Jane sitting on the stairs with another child of her own age, that she had become acquainted with at the boarding house; for it was at a boarding house, and not at a hotel, that Mr. George had taken lodgings for his party. This child's name was Lottie; that is, she was commonly called Lottie, though her real name was Charlotte. She was a beautiful child, with beaming black eyes, a radiant face, and dark ... ... Read more