Project Gutenberg 1998-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 71 Meynell, Alice 1847 1922 Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson Thompson, A. C. (Alice Christiana) Essays [S.l.] : $b Burns & Oates, $c 1914 WINDS AND WATERS: Ceres' Runaway -- Wells -- Rain -- The Tow Path -- The Tethered Constellations -- Rushes and Reeds -- IN A BOOK ROOM: A Northern Fancy -- Pathos -- Anima Pellegrina! -- A Point of Biography -- The Honours of Mortality -- Composure -- The Little Language -- A Counterchange -- Harlequin Mercutio -- COMMENTARIES: Laughter -- The Rhythm of Life -- Domus Angusta -- Innocence and Experience -- The Hours of Sleep -- Solitude -- Decivilized -- WAYFARING: The Spirit of Place -- Popular Burlesque -- Have Patience, Little Saint -- At Monastery Gates -- The Sea Wall -- ARTS: Tithonus -- Symmetry and Incident -- The Plaid -- The Flower -- Unstable Equilibrium -- Victorian Caricature -- The Point of Honour -- THE CHEARFUL LADIE OF THE LIGHT: The Colour of Life -- The Horizon -- In July -- Cloud -- Shadows -- WOMEN AND BOOKS: The Seventeenth Century -- Mrs. Dingley -- Prue -- Mrs. Johnson -- Madame Roland -- THE DARLING YOUNG: Fellow Travellers with a Bird -- The Child of Tumult -- The Child of Subsiding Tumult -- The Unready -- That Pretty Person -- Under the Early Stars -- The Illusion of Historic Time. Transcribed from the 1914 Burns & Oates edition by David Price "Essays" by Alice Meynell is a collection of reflective and poetic essays written during the late 19th century. The work showcases the author's keen observations on nature, language, and humanity, offering insights into the beauty of the ordinary and the complexities of life. Meynell's prose exhibits a blend of personal sentiment and philosophical contemplation, cementing her voice in the literary canon of her time. The beginning of "Essays" introduces a variety of themes as Meynell articulates her thoughts on nature, specifically the wild beauty and resilience of growth in urban spaces like Rome. In the opening piece "Ceres' Runaway," she employs rich imagery to illustrate how nature triumphs over the constraints of civilization, emphasizing the enduring power of wildflowers that thrive despite attempts to tame them. This essay sets the tone for the collection, highlighting Meynell's observant and lyrical writing style as she navigates through concepts of beauty, existence, and the interplay between humanity and the natural world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English essays PR Text Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature 402024 401930 2024-09-01T09:43:56.430222 2023-10-01T08:54:08.418601 text/html text/html 408270 2020-12-31T13:34:17 text/html 154764 2020-12-31T13:34:17 text/html application/zip 198338 2024-09-01T09:44:01.967243 application/epub+zip 203175 2024-09-01T09:43:57.761252 application/epub+zip 203175 2024-09-01T09:43:56.966240 application/epub+zip 353145 2024-09-01T09:44:05.761198 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 316311 2024-09-01T09:44:01.463195 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 316447 2022-09-01T10:58:51.768537 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387391 387344 2024-09-01T09:43:56.009222 2023-10-01T08:54:07.951592 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 387127 2020-12-31T13:34:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 152064 2020-12-31T13:34:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19224 2024-09-01T09:44:05.907191 application/rdf+xml 8681 2024-09-01T09:43:57.319238 image/jpeg 2470 2024-09-01T09:43:57.145220 image/jpeg 194430 2024-09-01T09:43:56.468244 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia