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for the daily running of a large army, was still more than a century in the future. Washington had only the "rudimentary elements"...

Once the American Revolution ended, Cr?vecoeur was appointed French counsel at New York, where he remained for a long time. While...

he was aware of; they are both of them things pre-eminently vain glory also, like a shadow, goes sometimes before the body, and so...

from a degree of torment, the sources of our greatest joys lying awkwardly close to those of our greatest pain" (De Botton 215). ...

of this section. He looks at marriage practices, such as how the "As a daughter, she took part in the religious acts of her father...

prominent salonniere" (Kale 54) - gained significant insight as to the perceived value of class, gender and social stature, partic...

it is likely that he is carrying a significant amount. If he reaches his destination in no worse physical condition than that whi...

Altman dusted Mr. Marlowe off and brought him back, but his vision was very different from the earlier films. This Marlowe was a d...

In fact, he suggests that work is done for the "sake of leisure" (267). More completely, Aristotle believed that it is important ...

who waste time believing or fearing that which is untrue could not possibly be calm or contemplative; as such, they could change t...

majority" (Publius). That is, the largest faction will be able to impose its will on others, whether they are in agreement or not...

of what we desire, we are only so much the nearer losing it; and when at a distance from it, we live in expectation of enjoying it...

it again" (De Sevigne, 1982). Analyzing the literary insights of a number of these female authors, including Marie-Jeanne LHeriti...

some sense, by our lack of perspective. Most of us live in a democracy like fish who live only in water and are therefore blinded ...

de Molina). Tirso showed direct hostility toward the "culterianismo" in plays such as Amar por arte mayor and La Celosa de si mi...

from the soil and the sweat of their labor. European society, in contrast, had institutionalized class divisions that kept the ric...

woman. The narrator states, for example, "If the skies illuminate/ trasluces of paradise,/ islands of color of ed?n,/ it is that i...

a true democracy, de Tocqueville noted, quantity or reproductions of objects are necessary to satisfy equal need. In his consider...

she is the sort of woman who would love to go to such an event, but could not possibly go to such without looking regal and wealth...

the Big Bang, that was the "source of mystical illumination" (Henderson). This completely undermines the Church dogma that God is...

his poor little puppet-like body" to be rather pathetic and ridiculous. Nevertheless, he is intrigued and he becomes "wildly anxio...

womens lives were a measurement in comparison to these male priorities and values. The life of a woman, in other words, was that ...

writer/tutor reviews Staels text in chronological order, the student researching this topic may wish to contrast and compare the ...

the first prolonged first-person account is given by Calogrenant and tells of how he ventured into the "forest of Broceliane" (De ...

of Joaquim Jose dos Santos Leal (Meznar). This comfortable position could well be seen as a position that involved some level of ...

in miracle I, "The Chausuble of Saint Ildephonsus," Berceo, first of all, describes the piety, humility and service of the venerab...

The writer examines the 13th century poem Milagros de Nuestra Senora (Miracles of Our Lady). The writer describes it as a series o...

Provisions of Oxford, the steps which Henry took to avoid conforming to them, and the factionalism which developed amongst the bar...

but an anthropologist and he made use of the theorist in his studies, including kinship and myths. The idea of Saussures t...

constant and effective contrast made between Eliane, who represents the beauty of the country as seen by its colonizers, and Camil...