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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"The Regency"”.
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The regency and administration of James Douglas, fourth earl of Morton
Morton, the obvious successor to Mar in November, 1572, effectively commenced his regency in June, 1573, by which date all opposition had been pacified or overcome. His overthrow in March, 1578 was, at least partly, the result of his own maladroit tactics. Although he was subsequently reinstated, …
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Upstairs-Downstairs: The Life of Women in England's Country Homes During the Regency Era, 1775-1837
<p>This thesis focuses on the role of women during the Regency Era in England, from 1775 to 1837, centered on the lives of women who were servants or women who had servants. Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, Nelly Weeton, and Agnes Porter are featured. Similarities and differences among these women …
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Wordsworth's Evolving Project: Nature, the Satanic School, and (underline) The River Duddon (end underline)
The purpose of this thesis is to discuss Wordsworth's evolving nature project, particularly during the Regency, when his sonnet collection The River Duddon offered an alternative view of nature to that found in the works of Byron and Shelley. This thesis argues that The River Duddon deserves …
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Miss Hartwright's Most Terrifying Tale: A Novel
… Hartwright's Most Terrifying Tale</em> tells the story of a young woman in 19th century London who sets out to write a novel scarier than <em>Frankenstein</em>. But a series of comedic mishaps leads to her story starting to come true.<em> </em>This capstone is the beginning of a YA Historical …
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Etnobotani pemanfaatan tumbuhan obat oleh masyarakat di Kecamatan Wonotirto Kabupaten Blitar
… and its’ environment for treatment. One of them is the people in the district of Wonotirto the regency of Blitar, East Java, Indonesia. The knowledge about the utilization of plants was transmitted by the ancestors orally from generation to generation. But there is a tendency of the younger …
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The Lancastrian Bias in Shakespeare's Richard the Second
The life of King Richard II of England offers an interesting challenge to anyone who desires to read and interpret history in a period of civil war which often clouds and at times even obscures fact by propaganda. | It is necessary for the winning faction in most civil wars to justify its actions; …
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The history of Boné A.D. 1775-1795: the diary of Sultan Ahmad as-Salleh Syamsuddin
This thesis uses an interdisciplinary approach, combining the findings of anthropology with historical and archival research, to evaluate Bugis diaries to provide historical information relating to the kingdom of Boné in the late eighteenth century. The diary of Sultan Ahmad as-Salleh, which covers …
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Public quarrelling in the Romantic period: the rhetorical styles of John Burgoyne, Thomas Paine, William Cobbett, and Percy Bysshe Shelley
This thesis focuses on the concept and style of quarrelling in the writings of four British Romantic authors: General John Burgoyne (1722-1792), Thomas Paine (1737-1809), William Cobbett (1763-1835), and Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). All four authors engaged in radical writing about war, …
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Long-Wellesley & Publicity: The Role of Celebrity in the Public Sphere (1788-1832)
This thesis explores the relationship between celebrity and the public-sphere through a case study of the life of William Long-Wellesley (1788-1857). A junior member of the powerful and well-connected Wellesley family, Long-Wellesley married into the largest fortune in Regency Britain, became a …
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Rex Whistler (1905-1944) Patronage and Artistic Identity
This thesis explores the life and work of Rex Whistler, from his first commissions whilst at the Slade up until the time he enlisted for active service in World War Two. His death in that conflict meant that this was a career that lasted barely twenty years; however it comprised a large range of …
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The continuing image of African victimage : Ali A. Mazrui's The Africans: A Triple Heritage.
This thesis demonstrates that the documentary film is an inherently rhetorical medium. The documentary film The Africans: A Triple Heritage is studied because of its blatently subjective tone. This series perpetuates a rhetorical image of the natives of the Continent of Africa. That image is the …
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Pusat wisata kuliner di Kabupaten Lamongan: Tema Eklektik Bahari
ENGLISH: Indonesian country is the country that has rich in various culture and customs. One of the including part of it is a variety of traditional foods (specific local food). The globalization era currently has been occured the development of some areas entirely without the exception of culinary …
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Pusat seni dan kerajinan islami di Kabupaten Gresik: Tema extending tradition
… nilai yang terkandung di dalamnya. ENGLISH: The regency of Gresik is one of spreader place of Islamic religion into Javanese Island that known it has wealth itself in the arts area and has particular Craft areas in Gresik Regency. In this art, the gresik regency has interesting products such …
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Etnobotani tumbuhan obat oleh masyarakat suku Osing di Kecamatan Glagah Kabupaten Banyuwangi
… tumbuhan yang dibeli dipasar hanya 29%. ENGLISH: The knowledge about the uses of plants is very important. So many types of plants that is growt, but only a few are still used, so as usual many plants are considered as a weed which haveto be exterminated. One of Tribes who still use a plant and …