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This is the first account in English of the entire, 40-year military career of one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages. Challenging the boundaries between military and gender history, it explains how one famous noblewoman rose to the defence of the reforming papacy, defeated the Holy Roman Emperor and turned the tide of the first great war between Church and State.Despite the general neglect of Matilda in the English-speaking world, ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

David Mills Hay's debut novel tells the story of Jason Knightbridge, the kid from the wrong side of the trailer park whose charm and good looks, athletic chops and hops, plus a few lucky breaks, soon have him sitting on top of the newly-burgeoning Walla Walla wine industry. But Jason's restless. Make that reckless. And when the first thread frays from the tapestry of his enviable life, and then another and another, it doesn't take long for it ...

David Mills Hay's debut novel tells the story of Jason Knightbridge, the kid from the wrong side of the trailer park whose charm and good looks, athletic chops and hops, plus a few lucky breaks, soon have him sitting on top of the newly-burgeoning Walla Walla wine industry. But Jason's restless. Make that reckless. And when the first thread frays from the tapestry of his enviable life, and then another and another, it doesn't take long for it ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Natural Principles and Analogy of the Harmony of FormThere can be no doubt that the effect produced by the harmony of sound, colour, and form, are equally the result of a susceptibility of the human mind, which renders it capable of appreciating an adhe rence to certain natural principles by which harmony in every case is produced. These principles are clearly understood in regard to the harmony of sound, from its having occup...

Un cuore spezzato è anche un cuore aperto. A prescindere dalle circostanze, quando ami qualcuno e il tempo insieme finisce, è naturale soffrire. Il dolore per la perdita di una persona che ami fa parte della vita e del viaggio che essa rappresenta, ma non vale necessariamente lo stesso per la sofferenza. Quando si perde una persona cara, è naturale avere l'impressione di essere privi di energie, ma la verità è che dopo la fine di una relazione...

Excerpt from George Whitefield: Or, Consecrated EloquenceSome men are strikingly fortunate in their biographers, whose skilful portraits are more symmetrical and beautiful than the originals, and their subjects more attractive when dead than ever they were seen to be while living.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an imp...

This darkly comic and provocative play explores the question of whether people can be married and truly love each other when their political persuasions are diametrically opposed. New York power couple John and Natalie are hosting a dinner for Elliot, a friend from their days as college radicals. Also invited to the party is Mark, a strait-laced young man from John's risk management firm. With the help of a few too many expensive bottles of wi...

Excerpt from Original Geometrical Diaper Designs: Accompanied by an Attempt to Develope and Elucidate the True Principles of Ornamental Design, as Applied to the Decorative ArtsOrnamental design may be classed according to its mode of application. And its style may be varied agreeably to the principles about to be explained. But to arrange styles of ornament according to their origin in other nations and in other ages, and set them up as model...

Excerpt from The Laws of Harmonious Colouring: Adapted to Interior Decorations, Manufactures, and Other Useful PurposesFrom circumstances which I have elsewhere explained, I have added a few observations on the application of the arts generally to our manufactures, which I trust will be found of some practical utility.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.c...

Excerpt from The Laws of Harmonious Colouring: Adapted to Interior Decorations, Manufactures, and Other Useful PurposesFrom circumstances which I have elsewhere explained, I have added a few observations on the application of the arts generally to our manufactures, which I trust will be found of some practical utility.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.c...

Excerpt from The Principles of Beauty in Colouring SystematizedGenerally, I believe, an acquaintance with its contents may be the means of leading to a more correct appreciation of one species of visible beauty, widely diffused throughout nature, and often forming a characteristic feature in works of high art.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis bo...

Excerpt from The Principles of Beauty in Colouring SystematizedGenerally, I believe, an acquaintance with its contents may be the means of leading to a more correct appreciation of one species of visible beauty, widely diffused throughout nature, and often forming a characteristic feature in works of high art.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis bo...

Excerpt from Original Geometrical Diaper Designs: Accompanied by an Attempt to Develope and Elucidate the True Principles of Ornamental Design, as Applied to the Decorative ArtsOrnamental design may be classed according to its mode of application, and its style may be varied agreeably to the principles about to be explained. But to arrange styles of ornament according to their origin in other nations and in other ages, and set them up as model...

Excerpt from Proportion, or the Geometric Principle of Beauty, AnalysedTo attempt to reduce to fixed principles what is called Taste in the combination of forms, is a difficult and perhaps a presumptuous task, although such principles are universally felt to exist. Yet it is not a hopeless labour, as it seems almost certain that the Grecians, at the period of their highest refinement, had a positive geometric principle of beauty systematically...

Excerpt from Original Geometrical Diaper Designs: Accompanied by an Attempt to Develope and Elucidate the True Principles of Ornamental Design, as Applied to the Decorative ArtsOrnamental design may be classed according to its mode of application. And its style may be varied agreeably to the principles about to be explained. But to arrange styles of ornament according to their origin in other nations and in other ages, and set them up as model...

Excerpt from Original Geometrical Diaper Designs: Accompanied by an Attempt to Develope and Elucidate the True Principles of Ornamental Design, as Applied to the Decorative ArtsOrnamental design may be classed according to its mode of application, and its style may be varied agreeably to the principles about to be explained. But to arrange styles of ornament according to their origin in other nations and in other ages, and set them up as model...

Excerpt from A Nomenclature of Colours Applicable to the Arts and Natural Sciences, to Manufactures and Other Purposes of General UtilityIn the vegetable kingdom we find a great degree of uniformity of colour in the leaves, ¿owers, and fruit Of the same plant, combined with all the harmonious beauty of variety which a little careful examination develops.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic book...

Excerpt from Proportion, or the Geometric Principle of Beauty, AnalysedTo attempt to reduce to fixed principles what is called Taste in the combination of forms, is a difficult and perhaps a presumptuous task, although such principles are universally felt to exist. Yet it is not a hopeless labour, as it seems almost certain that the Grecians, at the period of their highest refinement, had a positive geometric principle of beauty systematically...