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The St Crispin's Day speech is a part of William Shakespeare's history play Henry V, Act IV Scene iii(3) 18–67. On the eve of the Battle of Agincourt, which fell on Saint Crispin's Day, Henry V urges his men, who were vastly outnumbered by the French, to imagine the glory and immortality that will be theirs if they are victorious.
Nostradamus Centuries, 1568. Les Prophéties (The Prophecies) is a collection of prophecies by French physician Nostradamus, the first edition of which appeared in 1555 by the publishing house Macé Bonhomme.
La Henriade is an epic poem of 1723 written by the French Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire.According to Voltaire himself, the poem concerns and was written in honour of the life of Henry IV of France, and is a celebration of his life. [1]
All concurred that Henry's speech had produced a profound effect upon its audience, but only one surviving witness attempted to reconstruct the actual speech. [18] St. George Tucker attempted a two-paragraph reconstruction of the speech in a letter to Wirt, [18] but Tucker noted that it was "in vain... to give any idea of his speech". [19]
Below is a bibliography of published works written by Dutch-born Catholic priest Henri Nouwen.The works are listed under each category by year of publication. This includes 42 books, four of which were published posthumously, along with 51 articles and 4 chapters which are lists in process.
One brief moment and all will be as it was before. How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again! The frequent use of this passage has provoked some criticism that it fails to accurately reflect either Holland's theology as a whole, or the focus of the sermon in particular. [ 11 ]
Luxe, Calme et Volupté (French pronunciation: [lyks kalm e vÉ”lypte]) is a 1904 oil painting by the French artist Henri Matisse.Both foundational in the oeuvre of Matisse and a pivotal work in the history of art, Luxe, Calme et Volupté is considered the starting point of Fauvism. [1]
This was a collection of already published poems. No one expected it to become one of the most popular books of German verse ever published, and sales were slow to start with, picking up when composers began setting Heine's poems as Lieder. [28] For example, the poem "Allnächtlich im Traume" was set to music by Robert Schumann and Felix ...