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England of the Eighteenth Century, Crime, and Punishment

felony, the law implies that it shall be punished with death, viz., by hanging as well as forfeiture: unless the offender prays th...

Comparative Analysis of Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, and Alexander Pope

of land in the area and with whom Pope considered his family belonged. When Robert, Lord Petre had cut off a lock of Arabella Ferm...

'First Follow Nature and 'An Essay on Criticism' by Alexander Pope

writes in lines 11 through 14: "In Poets as true Genius is but rare, / True Taste as seldom is the Critics share; / Both must alik...

Satire of Jonathan Swift

period in time, that logic, reason, and perhaps personal enlightenment regarding society as it involved reason and logic were the ...

Terra Nullius and 'New Holland' Myths

It is important for the student working on this project to understand that European imperialism was about political and national c...

Philosophy of Idealism

the mind" then "no physical thing exists outside the mind" (McGreal 252). Third, primary qualities such as solidity, extension, sh...

New Republic of the Eighteenth Century, Women, and Marriage

this child is not identified in the book (Fairbanks, 2002). It seems as if in this book he doesnt necessarily chastise himself fo...

Mughal, Persian, and Ottoman Muslim Empires Compared

As this empire grew in influence, they expanded into southeastern Europe, particularly the Balkans and Greece (The Ottoman, Safavi...

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano and Identity

or excited by his account because overall he states that "I believe there are few events in my life, which have not happened to ma...

David Hume on Causation and Rational Belief

In three pages this paper discusses David Hume's philosophical belief that causation laid the foundation for rational belief with ...

Robert Adam, Scottish Architect

In four pages the work and interior design contributions of famed eighteenth century architect are examined. Four sources are cit...

Rebecca Foster's Rape and Martha Ballard's Diaries

husband, Ephraim were well respected members of the community of Hallowell. Martha was a midwife who had made over 816 deliveries ...

Overview of Vampirism

became a variety of vampire lore which abounded. Interestingly enough, however, the basic idea that this entity was the undead, ca...

Francisco de Goya's Life and Paintings

In six pages this Spanish painter's eighteenth century life and works are examined with an emphasis upon his paintings Pradrera de...

Sexism, Romanticism, and the Portrayal of Women in Eighteenth Century Art

and females are portrayed during that time period. A highlight of the Fricks holdings is its collection of 18th-century rococ...

Virginia During the Eighteenth Century and the Contributions of African Americans

In three pages this paper discusses the African American importance to Virginia during the eighteenth century in an examination of...

How African Americans Were Treated in the US Before and After the Civil War

This paper examines the treatment of African Americans in the United States from the late eighteenth through the nineteenth centur...

America's Revolutionary War and Women

in 1620. Between 1628 and 1640, the Massachusetts Bay Colony was established. By the time of the revolution strong communal valu...

The Great Awakenings in America

This essay consists of eleven pages in which differences and similarities between the Great Awakenings of the eighteenth and ninet...

English Asylums and Neoclassicism

In five pages this paper traces England's early asylums to seventeenth and eighteenth century neoclassicism. Two sources are cite...

War Culture of Europe Until 1700

In seven pages this paper examines Europe's war culture and chronicles its development until the dawn of the eighteenth century. ...

Fur Trade During the Eighteenth Century

In five pages this paper discusses the Canadian fur trade of the eighteenth century and the competition between the British and Fr...

A History of the Magazine in America

other reason may be that they were too expensive for the average household to buy. Documents from that time indicate that the maga...

Increased Crime Rate in England During the 19th Century

In eleven pages this paper considers the crime increase in England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the crime re...

Rebecca Foster's 1789 Rape

for the entire community provided the basis upon which its historical evidence might be knowingly skewed to help support the notio...

The Way to Wealth and Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin and Journal by John Woolman

version of self-fulfillment and the American dream. Morality and the Conduct of Business Keeping in mind Woolmans deep Christian ...

David Hume and Immanuel Kant on Freedom of the Will

event has a cause; and, second, an immortal soul exists distinct from the body. Therefore, freedom of the human will serves as an ...

The Landscapes of Thomas Gainsborough

and returned to Sudbury, but later moved to Ipswich for seven or eight years. His success as a portrait artist, however, came in 1...

Immigration of Hispanics into the United States

government. Political dissent and conflict were thereafter more or less continuous in Alta California except for a temporary resp...

Eighteenth Century Quaker Woman's Narrative 'Sarah's Journal'

In five pages this first person narrative is examined in terms of its description of quilt making and eighteenth century Quaker me...