An Introduction to Universal History. Translated from the Latin of Baron Holberg. With Notes Historical, Chronological, and Critical by Gregory Sharpe to which is prefixed a short System of Geography, With Maps, & c. by Holberg, Baron - 1758

University Of Nebraska Press, 1962-01-01. Hardcover. Good. B004VD9SEQ Light wear. In a rubbed jacket. Good copy.

IDB Productions, 2016-01-01. MP3 CD. New. This item is a brand new factory sealed MP3 disc supplied in a DVD case

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MP3 Audio CD. Niels Klim's Journey under the Ground CHAPTER I. THE AUTHOR'S DESCENT TO THE ABYSS. In the year 1664, after graduating at the Academy of Copenhagen, in Theology and Philosophy, I prepared to return to my father-land, and took passage in a ship bound for the city of Bergen, in Norway. I had been furnished with brilliant testimonials from both faculties, and wanted only money;--a fate common to Norwegian students, who generally return home with empty purses from the Temple of the Muses. We had a good wind, and in three days arrived at my native town, Bergen. I occupied myself now, in expanding my knowledge of natural philosophy, and for practice, geologically examined the neighboring mountains. On the top of the most interesting of these mountains, (interesting I mean to a student,) was a remarkable cave, which the inhabitants of the town called Florien. From its mouth, a mild and not unpleasant air issues at certain periods, as though the cave inhaled the breeze and gently sighed it… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Niels Klim's Journey under the Ground CHAPTER I. THE AUTHOR'S DESCENT TO THE ABYSS. In the year 1664, after graduating at the Academy of Copenhagen, in Theology and Philosophy, I prepared to return to my father-land, and took passage in a ship bound for the city of Bergen, in Norway. I had been furnished with brilliant testimonials from both faculties, and wanted only money;--a fate common to Norwegian students, who generally return home with empty purses from the Temple of the Muses. We had a good wind, and in three days arrived at my native town, Bergen. I occupied myself now, in expanding my knowledge of natural philosophy, and for practice, geologically examined the neighboring mountains. On the top of the most interesting of these mountains, (interesting I mean to a student,) was a remarkable cave, which the inhabitants of the town called Florien. From its mouth, a mild and not unpleasant air issues at certain periods, as though the cave inhaled the breeze and gently sighed it… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. After Klim completes his studies in Copenhagen, graduating magna cum laude, he is drawn to a strange cave near his home town of Bergen. He doesn't know it yet, but that cave will be the last he sees of the surface world for the next 12 years, during which he is thrown into a remarkable adventure that he is sure no one on the surface will ever believe. Niels Klim's Journey Under the Ground is more than a typical science fiction novel. Although it still features another planet (one that, incidentally revolves around the ?inner sun? or Earth's core), the author, Baron Ludwig Holberg, takes the story one step further, showing how the strange civilization Klim is introduced to many miles under the surface of the Earth, is actually one that embraces a utopian form of society, where women and men have the same types of jobs, and the same types of limitations associated with government, finances and religion that surface dwellers need to follow, no longer exist here. Holberg explores many deep… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. After Klim completes his studies in Copenhagen, graduating magna cum laude, he is drawn to a strange cave near his home town of Bergen. He doesn't know it yet, but that cave will be the last he sees of the surface world for the next 12 years, during which he is thrown into a remarkable adventure that he is sure no one on the surface will ever believe. Niels Klim's Journey Under the Ground is more than a typical science fiction novel. Although it still features another planet (one that, incidentally revolves around the ?inner sun? or Earth's core), the author, Baron Ludwig Holberg, takes the story one step further, showing how the strange civilization Klim is introduced to many miles under the surface of the Earth, is actually one that embraces a utopian form of society, where women and men have the same types of jobs, and the same types of limitations associated with government, finances and religion that surface dwellers need to follow, no longer exist here. Holberg explores many deep… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. A Defense of the Devil (in Short Story Collection Vol. 062 ) A DEFENSE OP THE DEVIL From the Epistles OUR last conversation was about apologetic or defensive writ- ings, which I confessed I could not endure; partly because an honest man and a good book need no apology, partly because it is possible to write in defense of anything, even of the Devil. You laughed at my words, and replied that the latter task might prove somewhat difficult. I retorted that it would be no more difficult than to frame the defense that is made for the ass, wherein this beast is credited with various heroic qualities. In order to show that the thing may be done, I will briefly set forth what an apologist willing to trouble himself in such a cause may find to say in defense of the Devil. I will say nothing of his capacity and intelligence; for all, including his greatest enemies, are agreed that a person who bears six thousand years on his shoulders, and who has lived twice as long as the… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. A Defense of the Devil (in Short Story Collection Vol. 062 ) A DEFENSE OP THE DEVIL From the Epistles OUR last conversation was about apologetic or defensive writ- ings, which I confessed I could not endure; partly because an honest man and a good book need no apology, partly because it is possible to write in defense of anything, even of the Devil. You laughed at my words, and replied that the latter task might prove somewhat difficult. I retorted that it would be no more difficult than to frame the defense that is made for the ass, wherein this beast is credited with various heroic qualities. In order to show that the thing may be done, I will briefly set forth what an apologist willing to trouble himself in such a cause may find to say in defense of the Devil. I will say nothing of his capacity and intelligence; for all, including his greatest enemies, are agreed that a person who bears six thousand years on his shoulders, and who has lived twice as long as the… Read More

Nabu Press, 2011-08-14. Paperback. Good.