and suffered at the hands of church doctrine‚ the Islamic world was conquering lands from Persia to Spain. Building not only great cities and palaces but also libraries and centers of learning. These centers of study from Italy to Spain to the “House of Wisdom” in Bagdad‚ was where Muslim scholars were working doggedly advancing the fields of science‚ philosophy‚ astronomy‚ mathematics‚ alchemy‚ and medicine. (Lyons 156) Not only preserving the great works of Plato and Aristotle and translating
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THE BOARDING HOUSE The Boarding House is included in Dubliners‚ a collection of fifteen short stories by the Irish poet and novelist James Joyce‚ which was first published in 1914. This story of a boarding house‚ like the other stories in Dubliners‚ describes the lives of ordinary citizens of Dublin and illustrates their various qualities. There are three main characters - Mrs. Mooney‚ her daughter Polly and Mr. Doran. At the very beginning the author describes Mrs. Mooney‚ who relinquished
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Low Cost Green Houses for Vegetable Production Agriculture is the backbone of India’s economic activity and our experience during the last 50 years has demonstrated the strong correlation between agricultural growth and economic prosperity. The present agricultural scenario is a mix of outstanding achievements and missed opportunities. If India has to emerge as an economic power in the world‚ our agricultural productivity should equal those countries‚ which are currently rated as economic power
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Treasure of Lemon Brown The Treasure of Lemon Brown written by Dean Myers is about the life of Greg Ridley. Greg started having a bad day‚ Greg was not doing well in school. If his grades were not good then his father would not allow him to play basketball ‚ Gergś dad sends him to his room to study so that he can improve his grades. Two days later‚ Greg leaned his parents house and goes to an abandoned house. There‚ He meets Lemon Brown. While talking Greg‚ Lemon Brown reflects in his life. The
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Theodonia Marshall November 6‚ 2012 The World House The World House‚ a piece of literature written by Martin Luther King Jr‚ A great civil rights activist/leader‚ writer‚ and philosopher. In the passage‚ he talks about an idea from a famous novelist who died which was “A widely separated family inherits a house which they have to live together.” (J. L. Judith Nadell 597) (J. L. Judith Nadell 597)" \s "A widely separated family inherits a house which they have to live together.\"<>" \c 1
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This is a passage from the book “Doctor in the house” by Richard Gordon‚ a well-known English writer‚ the author wrote his “Doctor” series‚ which is noted for description of medical student’s years of professional training. The present extract touches upon the final examinations of medical students. The text under analysis belong to the psychological type and description type as it is concerned mainly with the emotional actions of the characters. The subject-matter of this text is about sitting
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Because of Nora’s appearance‚ she has been able to accompany and aid her husband’s voyage to the top of the social ladder. She has gained a personal nanny who essentially lives half of her live. She takes care of the children‚ cleans up and around the house‚ even cooks for the family. This profit would undeniably never been in Nora’s options if she had never married such a powerful man. Alongside her husband‚ Nora also rose to some degree of social dominance‚ being looked up on and respected because of
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Micro theme 3 In The Birchbark House‚ three characters had died. There was the visitor‚ a white man‚ Ten Snow‚ Omakayas’ friend‚ and Neewo‚ Omakayas’ youngest brother. In Waterlily‚ Gloku‚ Waterlily’s grandmother‚ dies as well as Sacred Horse‚ Waterlily’s husband. It all started in the beginning to middle of winter when the characters in The Birchbark House started dying off. One day‚ after the first snow and the lake had frozen over‚ a group of men dragged their sled of furs from the mainland
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A Doll’s House is a three-take action drama in writing style by Henrik Ibsen. It first went to stage on 21st December 1879‚ at the Royal Theatre in Denmark. It was originally published one month earlier. The play has been charged with the fever during the European revolution in 1848; in this case‚ a new modern perspective was emerging in the literary as well as dramatic world; hence challenging the romantic traditions. Major characters in the play include Nora‚ Torvald Helmer and Krogstad. The characters
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Richard Gordon DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE Richard Gordon DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE First published in 1952 ’A parcel of lazy‚ idle fellars‚ that are always smoking and drinking‚ and lounging…a parcel of young cutters and carvers of live people’s bodies‚ that disgraces the lodgings.’ _Bob Sawyer’s landlady in_ PICKWICK PAPERS To Jo Note St. Swithin’s Hospital does not exist; neither do its staff‚ students‚ nor patients. 1 The large and completely unused set of surgical instruments
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