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23 resources for “Pleasure”

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A Proclamation Declaring His Maiesties Pleasure Concerning the Dissoluing of the Present Conuention of Parliament

James I, King of England, 1566-1625

A Proclamation Declaring His Maiesties Pleasure Concerning the Dissoluing of the Present Conuention of Parliament — English source edition. Subject: Great...

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Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers

Serviss, Garrett Putman, 1851-1929

Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers —...

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The Child of Pleasure

D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938; Boyd, Ernest Augustus, 1887-1946 [Commentator]; Harding, Georgina [Translator]; Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945 [Translator]

The Child of Pleasure — English source edition. Subject: Fiction.

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The Pleasures of a Single Life, Or, The Miseries of Matrimony Occasionally writ upon the many divorces lately granted by Parliament. With The choice, or, the pleasures of a country-life. Dedicated to the beaus against the next vacation.

Ward, Edward, 1667-1731 [Dubious author]; Pomfret, John, 1667-1702 [Contributor]; Dillon, John, Sir, active 1701 [Dubious author]

The Pleasures of a Single Life, Or, The Miseries of Matrimony Occasionally writ upon the many divorces lately granted by Parliament. With The choice, or, t...

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The Pleasures of Ignorance

Lynd, Robert, 1879-1949

The Pleasures of Ignorance — English source edition. Subject: Essays.

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The Pleasures of the Table An Account of Gastronomy from Ancient Days to Present Times. With a History of Its Literature, Schools, and Most Distinguished Artists; Together With Some Special Recipes, and Views Concerning the Aesthetics of Dinners and Dinner-giving

Ellwanger, George H. (George Herman), 1848-1906

The Pleasures of the Table An Account of Gastronomy from Ancient Days to Present Times. With a History of Its Literature, Schools, and Most Distinguished A...

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Secondary / sixth form

Emma

Jane Austen

Emma’s confidence in arranging other people’s lives gives the reader repeated opportunities to test her assumptions. Distinguish what she observes from wha...

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Fantastic Mr Fox

Roald Dahl

A family’s struggle against three farmers becomes a sequence of plans, setbacks and shared effort. Keep track of what each side knows and compare the pleas...

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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Read Chapter I from the bad weather to Jane reading alone behind the curtain. Stop before John enters. Compare her exclusion from the fireside family group...

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Secondary / sixth form

Love’s Labour’s Lost

William Shakespeare

A vow to pursue study without ordinary pleasures encounters people who will not fit the plan. Verbal display becomes both entertainment and an obstacle to...

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Secondary / sixth form

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

Catherine Morland brings the expectations of Gothic fiction into unfamiliar social situations. Compare the pleasure of imagining dramatic explanations with...

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Sixth form / teacher-selected

Philebus

Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]

Explore Philebus through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin...

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Secondary / sixth form

Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare

Shipwreck, disguise and mistaken identity unsettle the social world of Illyria. Follow Viola’s divided role and the treatment of Malvolio, noticing how com...

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