Dialogues of the Dead, Four
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Dialogues of the Dead, Four, by
Prior, written 1721, imaginary conversations on the model set by
Lucian. The first is between ‘Charles the Emperor and Clenard the Grammarian’ on the subject of greatness; the second is between ‘Mr John Lock and Seigneur de Montaigne’; the third between ‘The Vicar of Bray and Sir Thomas More’; and the fourth between ‘Oliver Cromwell and his Porter’.
Lyttelton also wrote
Dialogues of the Dead (1760).
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Exile: A keyword in understanding Turkish politics
Magazine article from: The Muslim World; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...were the addresses of exiles of various European governments...well-known places of exile in different cultures...their monumental works in exile. It is not an end of...part of the struggle. "Exiles often see themselves...universal ideas. Therefore, exile is the integration of...
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Exile and relegation in Dante and Ovid *.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Annali d'Italianistica; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...does not refer much to Ovid's exile in relation to his own (in...virtually an exemplum of literary exile in the Middle Ages, and has...that both are categorised as exiles Dante cannot be included among...are no references to Ovid's exile poetry in Moore's list of...
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On exile: Yoder, said, and a theology of land and return.(Critical Essay)
Newspaper article from: Cross Currents; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...How should Palestinian exile, and exile more generally, be understood...understand the dreams of many exiles, dreams which often...Nevertheless, the drama of exile, especially as displayed...Jeremiah's call to the exiles to seek the peace of...
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Child exiles: a new research area?
Magazine article from: Shofar; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Against the backdrop of exile research, the author...mostly Jewish "child exiles." She suggests that...into other historical exiles is only in its infancy...the German-speaking exile of 1933 to 1945 represents...analyzing the most varied exiles of the twentieth century...
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BALTIMORE EXILE PARTNERS ANNOUNCE CONTINUED SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS AGAINST VIOLENT REPEAT OFFENDERS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/4/2009; 700+ words
; ...are together implementing the Baltimore EXILE strategy held a meeting today to discuss...Rosenstein. "This year, the Baltimore EXILE partners are working closely with the Maryland...task force officers bring to Baltimore EXILE, and what they continue to achieve for...
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Exile, Conrad, and "La difference essentielle des races"
Magazine article from: Novel; 4/1/1997; ; 700+ words
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Exile: Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian Conceptions
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; JAMES M. SCOTT (ed.), Exile: Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian...representing a diachronic study of concepts of exile. There is an introduction, and there...Sociological Impact of the Babylonian Exile (597/587-539 B.C.E.)" (pp...
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Exile within Italy: interactions between past and present "homes" in texts in Italian by migrant writers.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Annali d'Italianistica; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
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German Exiles: British Perspectives.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
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Axe Exiles and kiss goodbye to seam of stars, SRU are warned.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 4/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...players at the expense of the Scottish Exiles' age- group development network. Peters...rugby, Ian McGeechan - himself a former Exiles product - cannot succeed without the grassroots...reacted with dismay at moves to remove the Exiles' representative from the new SRU council...
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exile
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...state and citizen are indissoluble, exile for criminal reasons has become infrequent...revolutions have produced many political exiles, including large numbers of refugees...them. The concept of "government in exile" —one person or a group of...
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governments-in-exile
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
governments-in-exile were formed in the UK and elsewhere...officials in London. These first exiles were joined in the autumn of...too became a government-in-exile, sustained by the economic...KLM. Two more kings went into exile in the spring of 1941, when...
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Exile, the
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...moderately comfortable. The Exile had ended; there was...finalized. In Babylon the exiles enjoyed a degree of freedom...impoverished Palestine. In exile new importance was attached...responses to the challenge of exile were equally positive...Isaiah ). Generally, the exiles emphasized, one ...
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Political Exiles to the United States
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
POLITICAL EXILES TO THE UNITED STATES POLITICAL EXILES TO THE UNITED STATES. America has been envisioned by some as a haven for religious and political exiles since the earliest settlement attempts in what is now Florida...
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Refugees, Exiles, and Émigrés
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...resulted in large numbers of refugees, exiles, and é migr é s throughout...and forced those who refused into exile. Accordingly, between 100,000...impact on the fates of refugees, exiles, and é migr é s in...
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