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Publisher: London : E. CurllPublication date: 1716Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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However, worse things than this had happened; and the country is not chary of its living, though apt to be scared of its dead; and so the ford came into use again, with a little attempt at improvement. ... Read more

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The publisher of this book did all of us a great favor .... a beautifully written story, requiring care and quiet to appreciate ... and providing a detailed glimpse into the past of Yorkshire. For us, it was the first time that family legends came to life and explained many things from the past. Googling family names and bits of history and coming up with Mary Anerley as the place to start was wonderful. Amazon was the catalyst for this whole process .... it is a cultural teasure and provider of answers for many things ... from today's consumer needs to history .. far more than a provider of books. Those involved in the chain between Mary Anerley's Yorkshire and today's reader have done a great job ... but the process and the deliverable was impeccably handled by all connected with Amazon. Outstanding service in both US and UK. Look for The Tale of Robin Lythe - a brilliant summary of one of the characters in Mary Anerley. Thank you all for what you do so well. ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Richard Blackmore," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Richard Blackmore in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Richard Blackmore when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Richard Blackmore, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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Sir Richard Blackmore (1654-1729) was an English poet and physician, whose works earned royal gratitude, and provoked artistic scorn and retorts from other writers such as Alexander Pope, Tom Brown, and John Dryden. He was educated at Westminster School very briefly, and he entered St Edmund Hall, Oxford in 1669. He received his Bachelor of Arts in 1674 and his MA in 1676. He remained at Oxford as a tutor until 1682 but then left for a European tour. He ended up at the University of Padua, where he studied for a doctorate in pure medicine, which he received in 1684. Blackmore supported the Glorious Revolution, and his epic poem Prince Arthur, which appeared in 1695, was a celebration of William III. William made Blackmore physician-in-ordinary (a position he would hold with Queen Anne as well) and also knighted him in 1697. Blackmore’s other works include: A Satyr Against Wit (1700), Eliza (1705), An Advice to the Poets (1906), The Nature of Man (1711), The Creation (1712), Essays Upon Several Subjects (1716) and Alfred (1723). ... Read more

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A Fairly Successful Neoclassical Epic
Writers in the seventeenth century Neoclassical tradition believed that an epic poem is one of the greatest works that the human mind, indeed human civilization, is capable of achieving.And they were quite certain that Homer, Aristotle, and Virgil had between them provided both a template and a recipe, both theory and practice, for what an epic poem should be.Thus they were quite dismissive and indignant at the failure of other supposedly great writers of so-called epics (Ariosto, Tasso, Spenser, Milton) to follow these exemplars as closely as they should have, if they followed them at all.Yet no English Neoclassical writer of any stature came any closer to producing a modern-day epic than to rendering one of the classical epics in the Neoclassical age's de rigeur heroic couplets (Dryden's "Aeneid," Pope's "Iliad").It was left to London physician Sir Richard Blackmore, dabbling in such couplets in his spare time, to complete not one but two "exemplary" Neoclassical epics: "Prince Arthur" and "King Arthur."In these he achieved what Dryden had only aspired to do: taking Virgil as a model, Geoffrey of Monmouth's "history" of King Arthur as a source, and contemporary British history as a matter for allegory and allusion, he made the Neoclassical prescription for a modern-day epic a reality.(Dryden would certainly have gotten off to a roaring start, but I question whether his Arthuriad would have been sustained at a much higher level than Blackmore's.The greater poet did manage to do the libretto for Purcell's exquisite semi-opera on King Arthur, but that lives much more by virtue of the music than by plot or poetry.) Blackmore enjoyed a period of immense success, then endured a period of intense ridicule, and then suffered three centuries of almost total neglect.He is not, in fact, by any means a great poet.But he is a decently accomplished poet in the Neoclassical style who had the determination and perseverance to conceive, plan, and complete two epic poems according to criteria which most writers for over three centuries considered fundamental to the epic, or to solidly-carpentered storytelling generally.Just as one reads once-popular plays by Shakespeare's minor contemporaries or once-popular novels by Jane Austen's, the reader of Blackmore's epics will not find in them greatness, but may find enough merit to understand the popularity they once enjoyed.Dodo Press is to be commended for making them available in such a convenient, attractive, and readable format.King Arthur (Dodo Press)Purcell - King Arthur / Bonney, Schade, Rey, Widmer, Remmert, Maertens, Konig, Henkel, Bantzer, Renner, Rohrer, Harnoncourt, Salzburg OperaPurcell: King Arthur ... Read more

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER II.AN IMPORTANT ITEM.OW the cause of my leaving Tiver- ton school, and the way of it, were as follows. On the 29th day of November, in the year of our Lord 1673, the very day when I was twelve years old, and had spent all my substance in sweetmeats, with which I made treat to the little boys, till the large boys ran in and took them, we came out of school at five o'clock, as the rule is upon Tuesdays. According to custom, we drove the day-boys in brave rout down the causeway, from the school- porch even to the gate where Cop has his dwelling and duty. Little it recked us and helped them less, that they were our founder's citizens, and haply his own grand- nephews (for he left no direct descendants), neither did we much inquire what their lineage was. For it had long been fixed among us, who were of the house and chambers, that these same day-boys were all " caddes," as we had discovered to call it, because they paid no groat for their schooling, and brought their own commons with them. In consumption of these we would help them, for our fare in hall fed appetite ; and while we ate their victuals we allowed them freely to talk to us. Nevertheless, we could not feel, when all the victuals were gone, but that these boys required kicking from the premises of Blundell. And some of them were shop-keepers' sons, young grocers, fellmongers, and poulterers, and these, to their credit, seemed to know how righteous it was to kick them. But others were of high family, as any need be, in Devon-Carews, and Bouchiers, and Bastards, and some of these would turn sometimes, and strike the boy that kicked them. But to do them justice, even these knew that they must be kicked for not paying.After these " charity-boys " were gone, as in contumely we called them—"If you brea... ... Read more

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I loved this story
I just love this whole story from beginning to end. I'm not one to examine a book too deeply or appriciate hidden meanings. I am one of the most unromantic blokes that has ever walked the Earth and would never dare to speak of this in the pub with my mates. I'd die of embaresment if they knew, so this is my secret self talking.

I thought Lorna Doone was blooming drop dead beautiful(in my mind's eye) and I could swim a shark infested ocean for her. John Ridd was everything I wanted to be to win her. This story had everything for me - a fabulous lady in distress, trials and tribulations, a ghastly villan and I (as John Ridd) sorted it all out, complete with rugged chin and pristine white teeth. When the book ended so wonderfully, I was still upset because I was no longer John Ridd and none of my chins were rugged.The less said about the teeth, the better...

But seriously, please read this. I want to come back in another life and live in this old England as John Ridd with Lorna Doone. So might you?

Great story, bad narrarator
This book has a fantastic plotline,I Love historical novels.The only boring character was the one who narrates it.I wish the author had chosen any other character, as he comes off as a dolt and there are so many interesting plotlines, and other characters. As something considered an early 19th century publication, it is easy to read but I was frustratedby the narrators limited and naive world view.I skipped over many parts having to do with the minutae of the narrators life.Worth reading for insights into late 18th century life in rural England.Would buy paperback, and used.

A Marvelous Romance and Historical Novel
Many of you have read Lorna Doone in abridged form or seen a TV presentation of this largely forgotten masterpiece of British literature. That is unfortunate because such versions omit much that is of value and hopefully you will avail yourself of the chance to read this beautiful, emotionally charged, novel in full.

R. D. Blackmore's Lorna Doone is described as a "Romance" novel. Curious as to the meaning of this term I searched the Internet and came up with the following composite definition:an action, adventure story with the added focus of a loving, passionate relationship. A central conflict divides the lovers, there is character growth and a resolution, usually with an HEA (happily ever after) ending.

The book is also an historical novel centering around an event now termed "Manmouth's Rebellion."James II, who succeeded Charles II on the English throne, was unpopular because he was a Roman Catholic and much of the country was Protestant. James Scott, the first Duke of Manmouth, the illigimate son of Charles II, was a Protestant and lay claim to the throne. He raised an army, mostly consisting of farmers, but was defeated in the Battle of Sedgemoor on July 6, 1865.Following this battle some 1.400 rebels were tired in a series of trials presided over by Chief Justice Charles Jefferys, that have been termed the "Bloody Assize," in that some 300 were executed, more than 1,000 sent to the West Indies and the rest remained in prison.

The book may also be described as a "coming-of-age" novel in that it traces the life of the protagonist, John Ridd, from his youth to his mature years. Finally, it can also be called a pastoral in that Blackmore describes the western region of the country and clearly prefers the rural life to the big city. He devotes much of the book to describing the countryside and the culture.

One minor problem is that some of the vocabulary is not in common usage today. Words such as lanthorn (lantern), culverin (a heavy cannon) and portcullis (a gate that can be raised or lowered at the entrance of a fortified town) are found throughout the book.. Additionally, Blackmore uses local dialects in some places that are a little difficult to follow.

The story is told by Ridd as a flashback, starting from when he was eight years old. He lived in a yeoman or freeholder family(free persons who tended a farm) along with his parents and two younger sisters. Early in the story his father is killed by a group of Doones, an outlaw clan. The Doone family had been aristocrats at the king's court but fell into disfavor; their property was confiscated and they fled to the west of England where they formed their own enclave in a valley that afforded them protection. They turned to robbery and crime to support themselves. One night as John's father was riding home he was attacked and killed by a gang of Doones. The young boy vowed revenge but was helpless to act at that time.

When John is 14 he wanders by accident into the Doone valley where he meets the then eight year old Lorna and is struck by her beauty and kindliness. The years pass and when he is 21 John meets the now grown Lorna and they fall in love.. Their love is complicated by her relationship with the Doones and later by her high social standing relative to Ridd.The last third of the book becomes rather violent as the war and conflict with the Doones dominates the action.The ending is dramatic and emotionally charged.

Religion also plays a big role in the story, not only the conflict between Catholics and Protestants, but also the role that religion plays in shaping character and behaviors.

It is interesting to speculate as to how much of the story is fact and how much a product of Blackmore's imagination. There is some doubt as to whether or not the Doones of Bagworthy forest actually existed, but there were outlaw gangs in the west of England at that time. The leading Doone characters, Sir Ensor Doone, Counsellor Doone and the villainous blackguard, Carver Doone, are surely caricatures, as are the minor characters:the humorous servants, John Fry and Betty Muxworthy, Lorna's faithful maid, Gwenny Carfax, the King's messenger and military commander, Jeremy Stickles, etc.Also the dashing highway man Tom Faggus and his amazing horse, Winnie, may be more representational than real.Furthermore the places described in the book are not easily found today.

Blackmore was a poet before he was a novelist and it shows in this work. Some may think that the story is "slow moving" as Blackmore stops the action to describe the scenery or puts in a tale that is apart from the main story but reveals something about the culture and nature of the people. Novels are wonderful in that they allow you to go to places and experience things that are impossible in real life. So, relax and return to the English countryside of old and enjoy the tale!

Good read!
I started reading this book because it came with greater collection of used books we had picked up and I figured since we owned it I might as well read it.It was slow going at first.The English the book is written in is not modern and can be somewhat difficult to get the flow of.It is next to impossible to read sections where the author gives us the dialog for some of the lesser educated characters exactly as they sound (think Eliza Doolittle with a speech impediment).But despite these drawbacks once you got started reading you get a hang of how the older English works and it did not seem to be such a hindrance (though anytime John Fry or anyone like him spoke I continued to struggle understanding it).The story itself is a slower paced love story, so if you are looking for a page turner this book is not for you (at least not until the last five chapters or so).The main character, John Ridd, is fascinating to watch as he develops mentally and physically from boy to man.I loved seeing how the convictions he holds play out in his interactions with those he encounters, including the dreaded Doone's.His entire nature is layed out for you to see and inspect.Even though he is a fictional character I admire him greatly.I have deep respect for his restraint and level head when it is called for as well his passion and anger when things come to a climax towards the end of the book.Even his deep inner conflict that comes when he does let his passion rise up is fascinating to watch.I found the book very rewarding, and while it is not one of my all time favorites, it is worth the read.

Greatly underrated book
This is a beautifully written book that IMHO is one of the most under rated classics known.I understand that it has never gone out of print since it was first introduced, yet is not as well known as some of the novels by Hardy and other writers of that era.It is the tale of two lovers from opposite sides of the track, er, moor.The descriptions of the English countryside are beautifully written, and the two main characters inspire our respect and admiration with their nobility and bravery. John and Lorna are two very likeable young people who are from families who openly feud with one another.There is a lot of action and intrigue thanks to the historical setting and several subplots that run throughout the book.You have scoundrels, soldiers, highway men, severe weather, and the king's spys, as well as the romance.

Lorna Doone IS a rather verbose novel, but is so well written that it flows quickly and easily and is actually hard to put down.It does tend to bog down about 3/4 of the way through, but picks back up.I had to laugh when a previous reviewer below noted that John talks too much--this is entirely true but he is an engaging fellow with a fun family.Don't overlook this one because of the length. ... Read more

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Erema - My Father's Sin is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore is in the English language. If you enjoy the works of R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. ... Read more

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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.
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With a dedication in verse by George Sewell to Sir Richard Blackmore before the text.

London : printed for John Pemberton, 1725. xxiv,[4],211,[1]p. ; 8° ... Read more

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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.
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London : printed for J. Pemberton, 1726. lxviii,[4],167,[1]p. ; 8° ... Read more