This collection of ancient wisdom is drawn from and inspired by the writings of Claire Nahmad's great-grandmother, a nineteenth-century wisewoman who lived in Yorkshire and used her knowledge to help others. There is advice on how to attract fairies to the garden and keep on good terms with them, how to create flowerbeds which will produce `harbours of peace and goodness', and a wealth of magical folklore linked to the birds, animals and insects that visit the garden. The book provides instructions for designing a lover's floral clock, and for making pot pourries which will bless the house, give hope to lovers and inspire creative works. She explores the magical properties of trees, herbs and flowers, and shows how, by fostering the growth of herbs that have proven healing powers, one can create a magical garden. In "Garden Spells", Claire Nahmad reveals some of the marvel, mystery and magic associated with the garden.
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One of the most striking aspects of the literature of the 1680s is its engagement with the issues generated by these events. These were years of great political upheaval, covering the Exclusion Crisis, the formation of the first recognizable political parties, the arrival of William of Orange at Torbay in November 1688, and the ‘Glorious Revolution’. Most of Behn’s political writing was written in the last decade of her life, in the years between 1678-89. Behn used her writing to attack the Whig opposition by stressing its commitment to radical religion and emphasizing its links with republicanism (Williams &O’Connor). It is worth noting that Aphra Behn was a Tory, and she was opposed to the Exclusion-Bill that was favored by the Whigs. Behn’s Oroonoko was a fictional work to wage political war in regard to both societal issues and slavery. Although the work presents itself in a way that leads the audience to believe that the narrator had a first-hand experience of the tale of the royal slave, it lacks the depth and accountability of traditional narratives that came before and after it. Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko is one of the more famous pieces to come from the restoration period, and its popularity comes from the main character’s nobleness as a slave. While I did not find this book as laugh-out-loud amusing as Bryson’s other books, I was still glad I read it. As a person that had to learn English as a second language, the curiosities of the structure and strangeness of spelling were always “ The Mother Tongue” is not a history book in any sense of the word, but simply a collection of amusing and fascinating pieces of trivia grouped by topic (barley though). It seemed to me that Bryson was also sympathetic to spelling reforms, which I am not against for certain words (enough…?) but feel that a great deal would be lost if we spelt words phonetically. Among many inconsistencies and illogicalities – as we all well know – the author also manages to make a case for the peculiar spelling of different words. Bill Bryce is also brave enough to tackle the bane of all English speaking people – spelling. The real meat of the book appears in the latter chapters where a large number of surprising facts appear ( Shakespeare introduced 1,685 new words to the language) as well as how the definitions of words changed over time. Please be aware that the delivery time frame may vary according to the area of delivery and due to various reasons, the delivery may take longer than the original estimated timeframe.
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