James Beresford (1764–1840)
Autor de The Miseries of Human Life
Sobre El Autor
James Beresford, DPhil in Archaeology, University of Oxford, is currently Assistant Professor at Lahore University of Management Sciences. Before lecturing in Pakistan he was editor of Minerva. The International Review of Ancient Art Archaeology. He has also taught in Japan, the United Arab mostrar más Emirates as well as the United Kingdom. mostrar menos
Obras de James Beresford
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1764
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1840
- Género
- male
- Lugares de residencia
- Upham, Hampshire, England, UK
- Educación
- University of Oxford (Merton College)
- Ocupaciones
- rector (Kibworth Beauchamp)
Miembros
Reseñas
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 5
- Miembros
- 63
- Popularidad
- #268,028
- Valoración
- 4.3
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 9
This new abridged edition, edited by Michelle Lovric is full of Miseries - of the body,of the table,of the bed-chamber,of travelling,of reading and of writing ect.
In the latter section we find 'Reading over a passage in a author,for the hundredth time,without coming an inch nearer to the meaning of it;then passing over it in despair,but without being able to enjoy the rest of the book,from the painful consciousness of your own real or supposed stupidity.' Again - 'Walking,at great haste,through a narrow,dirty street,behind a fat person'.… (más)