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First published in 1966, this book collects six essays which
discuss the experience of social change as it reveals itself in the
work of several nineteenth century novelists. In the novels
studied, and the discussion of fiction that follows, the authors
argue that all these novelists' attempts to confront social change
- to connect old with new, past with present and the attempted
inclusiveness of vision in a changing society - sooner or later
fail. The essays are polemic in arguing against the contemporary
critical consensus that this failure is a limitation of imaginative
intelligence rather than an endorsement of a receding past which
the process of change was charged with destroying.
First published in 1966, this book collects six essays which
discuss the experience of social change as it reveals itself in the
work of several nineteenth century novelists. In the novels
studied, and the discussion of fiction that follows, the authors
argue that all these novelists' attempts to confront social change
- to connect old with new, past with present and the attempted
inclusiveness of vision in a changing society - sooner or later
fail. The essays are polemic in arguing against the contemporary
critical consensus that this failure is a limitation of imaginative
intelligence rather than an endorsement of a receding past which
the process of change was charged with destroying.
Lords of Arcadia: Act One Kane Vess may be gay, but he is also
extraordinarily ordinary—a crushing weight in Athens, Iowa, where
a person's worth is measured by his uniqueness. But when he meets
the school's newest student, Kane's ordinariness seems to
evaporate. He is desperate to get to know the mysterious
stranger… and that leads him into danger. Hawk is an exile from
his homeland, an otherworldly traveler with impossible abilities
and a changeling bodyguard. He's generally disappointed in Earth,
which seems common except for Kane. But while Hawk and Kane explore
their mutual interest, the forces that made Hawk an exile are busy
tracking him down. Kane's newfound feelings pull him into Hawk's
shadowy fantasy world, where he learns he needs to grow up fast.
Kane's life may now be extraordinary, but if he isn't careful it
could cost him everyone he holds dear—including Hawk.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Medical theory and
practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the
extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases,
their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology,
agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even
cookbooks, are all contained here.++++The below data was compiled
from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of
this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping
to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT090142'Tables
calculated for the latitude of 51 deg. 30 min. viz. London. .. By
John Good' has separate titlepage and pagination, and is dated
1729.London: printed for the author, 1730. 4],54; 2],68p., plates;
8
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.This collection
reveals the history of English common law and Empire law in a
vastly changing world of British expansion. Dominating the legal
field is the Commentaries of the Law of England by Sir William
Blackstone, which first appeared in 1765. Reference works such as
almanacs and catalogues continue to educate us by revealing the
day-to-day workings of society.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT122464Originally
published as: Multum in parvo. A reissue of the 1721 third edition
with a cancel titlepage.London: printed and sold by Thomas Page,
and William Mount, 1731. 8],184p., plates; 8
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's 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
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The problem of how to estimate probabilities has interested
philosophers, statisticians, actuaries, and mathematicians for a
long time. It is currently of interest for automatic recognition,
medical diagnosis, and artificial intelligence in general. This
monograph reviews existing methods, including those that are new or
have not been written up in a connected manner. The problem of how
to estimate probabilities has interested philosophers,
statisticians, actuaries, and mathematicians for a long time. It is
currently of interest for automatic recognition, medical diagnosis,
and artificial intelligence in general. The main purpose of this
monograph is to review existing methods, especially those that are
new or have not been written about in an organized way. The need
for nontrivial theory arises because our samples are usually too
small for us to rely exclusively on the frequency definition of
probability. Most of the techniques described in this book depend
on a modern Bayesian approach. The maximum-entropy principle, also
relevant to this discussion, is used in the last chapter. It is
hoped that the book will stimulate further work in a field whose
importance will increasingly be recognized. Methods for estimating
probabilities are related to another part of statistics, namely,
significance testing, and example of this relationship are also
presented. Many readers will be persuaded by this work that it is
necessary to make use of a theory of subjective probability in
order to estimate physical probabilities and also that a useful
idea is that of a hierarchy of three types of probability which can
sometimes be identified with physical, logical, and subjective
probabilities.
Fearing the backlash of living as a gay man in Foster, Texas, Matt
Wallace runs away to California, only to find it isn’t the
Promised Land he’d hoped for. Christmas sees him returning to
Foster, where he bumps into his old high school crush, jock Tyler
Parker. It's love at second sight—for Matt *and* Tyler. The
problem is neither knows what to do next. Between running from the
past and running from each other, Matt and Tyler need to do some
reverse engineering to spur their relationship forward, or
they’ll never get their love off the ground.
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