The Humorous Parson

Author : E. J. Silverton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590910963

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The Humorous Parson by E. J. Silverton Pdf

Author : E. Silverton
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783382509507

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The Humorous Parson by E. Silverton Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Author : Edward James Silverton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Clergy
ISBN : OCLC:173857282

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The humorous parson by Edward James Silverton Pdf

Author : Marja-Liisa Vartio
Publisher : Dalkey Archive Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781564784834

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The Parson's Widow by Marja-Liisa Vartio Pdf

This novel from the Finnish Vartio, is set in a Finnish village during the early 20th century. The mentally unstable title character, Adele, argues with her maid, Alma, about the fire that consumed the parsonage, and soon moves on to other topics. An obsession with a set of stuffed birdsp̮assed down from the parson's uncle to the parson, to his wife and, finally, to Alma's care-serves as a major focus, with ample space devoted to addiction, sexual violence and other topics.

Author : Frank James Mallett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Clergy
ISBN : CHI:48440508

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Wit and Humor of the Parson by Frank James Mallett Pdf

Author : James Moses Nichols
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547343349

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Perry's Saints; Or, The Fighting Parson's Regiment in the War of the Rebellion by James Moses Nichols Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Perry's Saints; Or, The Fighting Parson's Regiment in the War of the Rebellion" by James Moses Nichols. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Nicholas Parsons
Publisher : Random House
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781907195228

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Nicholas Parsons: With Just a Touch of Hesitation, Repetition and Deviation by Nicholas Parsons Pdf

Nicholas Parsons enjoyed a long and varied career encompassing theatre, television, film and radio. He was perhaps best known as the straight man to Arthur Haynes in the '60s, as the presenter of Sale of the Century in the '70s and as the chairman of the long-running Radio 4 panel game Just a Minute. Along the way, he performed impersonations in the lavatories of a Clydebank engineering yard during the war, was the voice of a Gerry Anderson Texan sheriff, roller-skated in Charlie Girl at the Victoria Palace and appeared in a series of Doctor Who. His comedy chat show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival ran for eighteen consecutive years. In My Life In Comedy, Nicholas recalls an extraordinary career that led him to star on the West End stage, work with some of Britain's finest comedians, including Kenneth Williams, Tony Hancock, Benny Hill and Paul Merton, and appear in stockings and suspenders in The Rocky Horror Show. Funny, thoughtful and at times moving, Nicholas Parsons: With Just a Touch of Hesitation, Repetition and Deviation celebrates a fascinating life in comedy.

Author : Mallett Frank James
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0526365293

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Wit and Humor of the Parson by Mallett Frank James Pdf

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Author : Adam Sisman
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781640093287

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The Professor and the Parson by Adam Sisman Pdf

This “amusing and elegantly written” romp takes readers on a wild ride through the life of Robert Parkin Peters (The New York Times Book Review)—a liar, bigamist, and fraudulent priest who tricked some of the brightest minds of his generation. One day in November 1958, the celebrated historian Hugh Trevor–Roper received a curious letter. It was an appeal for help, written on behalf of a student at Magdalen College, with the unlikely claim that he was being persecuted by the Bishop of Oxford. Curiosity piqued, Trevor–Roper agreed to a meeting. It was to be his first encounter with Robert Parkin Peters: plagiarist, bigamist, fraudulent priest, and imposter extraordinaire. The Professor and the Parson is a witty and charming portrait of eccentricity, extraordinary narcissism, and a life as wild and unlikely as any in fiction. Motivated not by money but by a desire for prestige, Peters lied, stole, and cheated his way to academic positions and religious posts from Cambridge to New York. Frequently deported, and even more frequently discovered, he left a trail of destruction including seven marriages (three of which were bigamous) and an investigation by the FBI. "I was captivated from start to finish by this utterly mad, and wholly delightful story of chicanery and fantasy, and which involves a man who relentlessly duped our most cherished institutions of godly pursuit and higher learning. Plus I learned how to defrock a priest, always good to have on hand in these troubling times." —Simon Winchester, author of The Perfectionists

Author : George Meredith
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9791041816811

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An Essay on Comedy And the Uses of the Comic Spirit by George Meredith Pdf

" Good Comedies are such rare productions, that notwithstanding the wealth of our literature in the Comic element, it would not occupy us long to run over the English list. If they are brought to the test I shall propose, very reputable Comedies will be found unworthy of their station, like the ladies of Arthur’s Court when they were reduced to the ordeal of the mantle. There are plain reasons why the Comic poet is not a frequent apparition; and why the great Comic poet remains without a fellow. A society of cultivated men and women is required, wherein ideas are current and the perceptions quick, that he may be supplied with matter and an audience. The semi-barbarism of merely giddy communities, and feverish emotional periods, repel him; and also a state of marked social inequality of the sexes; nor can he whose business is to address the mind be understood where there is not a moderate degree of intellectual activity. Moreover, to touch and kindle the mind through laughter, demands more than sprightliness, a most subtle delicacy. That must be a natal gift in the Comic poet. The substance he deals with will show him a startling exhibition of the dyer’s hand, if he is without it. People are ready to surrender themselves to witty thumps on the back, breast, and sides; all except the head: and it is there that he aims. He must be subtle to penetrate. A corresponding acuteness must exist to welcome him. The necessity for the two conditions will explain how it is that we count him during centuries in the singular number."

Author : John Holmes Agnew,Walter Hilliard Bidwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 930 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Periodicals
ISBN : CHI:74715663

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The Eclectic Magazine by John Holmes Agnew,Walter Hilliard Bidwell Pdf

Author : John Holmes Agnew,Walter Hilliard Bidwell,Henry T. Steele
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 886 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924066333554

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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age by John Holmes Agnew,Walter Hilliard Bidwell,Henry T. Steele Pdf

Author : Comet Literary and Patriotic Club (IRELAND)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1832
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023808758

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The Parson's Horn-book. By the Comet Literary and Patriotic Club ... Embellished with Numerous Engravings. [By Samuel Lover.] by Comet Literary and Patriotic Club (IRELAND) Pdf

Author : Bonnie Crank
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781413405439

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From Where the Parson's Partner Sits by Bonnie Crank Pdf

From Where the Parson's Partner Sits . . . or Hanging on by my Fingernails After centuries of church doctrine resulting in schism after schism, a rather stereotyped picture of Parson and Mrs. Parson has gradually emerged. From Where the Parson's Partner Sits is a book that tends to dispel any such lofty ideas as to the reality of Perfect Parson and Perfect Mrs. Parson. With tongue in cheek this is a behind-the-scenes, day-by-day life of Mrs. Parson, filled with humor, wit, stamina and just a bit of a jab at the equally stereotyped 'good church folk'. Who better to tell the story than a minister's wife?

Author : Henri Bergson
Publisher : Doubleday
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780307830777

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Comedy by Henri Bergson Pdf

Henri Bergson — Laughter George Meredith — An Essay on Comedy Introduction & Appendix on The Meanings of Comedy by Wylie Sypher Laughter is a mystery—a mystery which defines man. Brought together in this volume are two classic studies of the nature of laughter and comedy. The great French philosopher Henri Bergson develops, in "Laughter," a profound psychological and philisophic theory of the main springs of comedy—a theory closely related to the doctrine of the élan vital. In his "Essay on Comedy," the English novelist George Meredith discusses the varieties of the comic experience and the social and moral function of comedy. Together these two major theories go far toward clarifying the mystery of laughter. Wylie Sypher, in his richly documented supplementary essay, places the views of Bergson and Meredith in a large context of speculation on the nature of comedy. The essay reviews important statements of such thinkers as Aristotle, Hobbes, Baudelaire, Freud, Cornford, and others. It serves to give further significance to Bergson and Meredith and to the meaning of comedy itself.