Charles Kingsley was a 19th century British novelist. Kingsley became a minister before becoming a Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge. Kingsley often used his writing to champion social issues. Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552 - 29 October 1618) was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer. He took part in the suppression of two rebellions and participated in two infamous massacres at Rathlin Island and Smerwick. He later became a landlord of lands confiscated from the Irish. In 1585 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth. Raleigh was involved in the...
Charles Kingsley was a 19th century British novelist. Kingsley became a minister before becoming a Professor of Modern History at the University of Ca...
Charles Kingsley was a 19th century British novelist. Kingsley became a minister before becoming a Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge. Kingsley often used his writing to champion social issues. Sermons included in this collection are All Saints Day, The purifying hope, The Lord coming to his temple, Advent lessons, Capital punishment, Temptation, Mothers love, Good Friday, The image of the earthly and the heavenly, Easter day, Presence in absence, Ascension day, The comforter, Thou art worthy, The glory of the trinity, Love of god and man, Courage, Good days,...
Charles Kingsley was a 19th century British novelist. Kingsley became a minister before becoming a Professor of Modern History at the University of C...
Charles Kingsley was a 19th century British novelist. Kingsley became a minister before becoming a Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge. Kingsley often used his writing to champion social issues. A few of the poems in this collection include Andromeda, Hypotheses Hypochondriacae, Trehill Well, In an Illuminated Missal, The Weird Lady, The Poetry of a Root Crop, Airly Beacon, The Young Knight, A New Forest Ballad, Sing Heigh-ho!, A Parable from Liebig, The Sands of Dee, My Hunting Song, Alton Locke's Song, The Day of the Lord, Margaret to Dolcino, A Thought from the...
Charles Kingsley was a 19th century British novelist. Kingsley became a minister before becoming a Professor of Modern History at the University of Ca...
Charles Kingsley was a 19th century British novelist. Kingsley became a minister before becoming a Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge. Kingsley often used his writing to champion social issues. Elizabeth was the daughter of the king of Hungary and a saint. She was born in the year 1207 and was betrothed at age four. Elisabeth was married at the age of fourteen, widowed at twenty, relinquished her wealth to the poor, built hospitals, and became a symbol of Christian charity in Germany and elsewhere after her death at the age of twenty-four.
Charles Kingsley was a 19th century British novelist. Kingsley became a minister before becoming a Professor of Modern History at the University of Ca...
The Water Babies can be read on many levels. It is a children's story that has proved incredibly popular with young minds since its first publication in book form in 1863. It is also a moral fable, with many warnings of dire consequences for wayward youngsters, admonitions to live a good life and even to wash in cold water, "like a good Englishman." But within its forthright prose Reverend Kingsley has managed to insert his own critique on the evils of child labour and, (as one of the few Churchmen to support Charles Darwin's theory of evolution), an abhorrence of the small-minded scientists...
The Water Babies can be read on many levels. It is a children's story that has proved incredibly popular with young minds since its first publication ...
Charles Kingsley (1819 75) is best remembered today as the author of the children's morality tale The Water Babies. This biography, written by his wife and published in 1877, draws on his letters to describe a man who saw his faith as being central to his life not only as an Anglican priest, but also as a historian, novelist and supporter of social reform. The two-volume work gives insights into the concerns and preoccupations of the intellectual classes of the mid-Victorian period. Volume 1 covers the period until 1856. We read Kingsley's precocious sermon written at the age of four, and his...
Charles Kingsley (1819 75) is best remembered today as the author of the children's morality tale The Water Babies. This biography, written by his wif...
Charles Kingsley (1819 75) is best remembered today as the author of the children's morality tale The Water Babies. This biography, written by his wife and published in 1877, draws on his letters to describe a man who saw his faith as being central to his life not only as an Anglican priest, but also as a historian, novelist and supporter of social reform. The two-volume work gives insights into the concerns and preoccupations of the intellectual classes of the mid-Victorian period. In Volume 2, Fanny Kingsley gives passionate support to her husband in the notorious controversy with J. H....
Charles Kingsley (1819 75) is best remembered today as the author of the children's morality tale The Water Babies. This biography, written by his wif...
