WHAT DOES EIGHTEENTH MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of eighteenth in the English dictionary
The first definition of eighteenth in the dictionary is coming after the seventeenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of eighteen: often written 18th. Other definition of eighteenth is one of 18 approximately equal parts of something. Eighteenth is also the fraction that is equal to one divided by 18.
10 QUOTES WITH «EIGHTEENTH»
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eighteenth.
Today's date, the eighteenth of May, should sometime become an occasion of great international celebration, for on this day ten years ago the first Peace Conference opened at The Hague.
In revolt against this new and very evil thing came the republicanism of the eighteenth century, inspired and directed in large measure by members of the fast perishing aristocracy of race, character and tradition.
Towards the end of the eighteenth century the industrial-financial revolution began.
However, the sciences of society and of history retained their old subservient relation to metaphysics for a long time - well into the eighteenth century.
The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry.
The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on July 15, 1865, the sixth in a family of seven. He was an ugly child, and remained ugly till his eighteenth year, when his looks gradually improved.
Pure phenomenology claims to be the science of pure phenomena. This concept of the phenomenon, which was developed under various names as early as the eighteenth century without being clarified, is what we shall have to deal with first of all.
In the last quarter of the eighteenth century bourgeois Europe needed to emancipate itself from that combination of feudalism and commercial capitalism which we know as mercantilism.
I was born on the eighteenth of December, 1935, in the town Bourg-en-Bresse, about thirty miles northeast of Lyon, the second of three sons of Jeanne and Jean-Victor Pepin. Weighing only two and one half pounds, I nearly died at birth.
But the eighteenth century, on the whole, loathed melancholy.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EIGHTEENTH»
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eighteenth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
eighteenth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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What is Enlightenment?:
Eighteenth-century Answers and ...
This collection contains the first English translations of a group of 18th-century German essays that address the question, "what is Enlightenment?
2
Painting in
Eighteenth-century Venice
This beautiful book provides an introduction to eighteenth-century Venetian painting, discussing the various types of painting - portraiture, genre, landscape, history paintings and religious works - as well as the society, patronage and ...
3
Eighteenth-century Clothing at Williamsburg
Antique clothing worn by men, women, and children in the eighteenth century offers a revealing glimpse into the lives of colonial Virginians.
4
Graphic Design, Print Culture, and the
Eighteenth-Century Novel
Barchas explains how from the beginning of the novel's emergence in Britain, prose writers experimented with its appearance.
5
Eighteenth-Century Furniture
This book investigates the various developments in furniture during this period, tracing the changing factors in design, materials, manufacturing, business organization, retailing and consumption.
6
Eighteenth-Century Women Poets and Their Poetry: Inventing ...
Rather than presenting a chronological survey, Paula R. Backscheider explores the forms in which women wrote and the uses to which they put those forms.
Paula R. Backscheider,
2010
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Caste, Society and Politics in India from the
Eighteenth ...
One of the most powerful statements ever written on the subject of caste in India.
8
The Cambridge History of
Eighteenth-Century Political Thought
A comprehensive overview of the development of political thought during the European enlightenment.
Mark Goldie, Robert Wokler,
2006
9
Patterns of Madness in the
Eighteenth Century: A Reader
There were major changes in ideas about madness and the treatment of the mad during the 18th century, with intense debate over causes and cures. This anthology charts the history of insanity during the 18th century.
10
Reading Sex in the
Eighteenth Century: Bodies and Gender in ...
An exploration of the construction of sexual difference and gender identity in eighteenth-century England.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EIGHTEENTH»
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eighteenth is used in the context of the following news items.
The Rollins and Kershaw Show: Phillies 0, Dodgers
The Phillies trusted in Adam Morgan, a Revolutionary War general who got trapped in an eighteenth century Philadelphia Experiment and is ... «The Good Phight, Jul 15»
Shaker exhibit permanent addition to museum
The Enfield community thrived from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth-century, he said. Introducing the exhibit to museum guests ... «Newbritainherald, Jul 15»
Finding Avery his Forever Home
As kids get closer to their eighteenth birthday, it can cause stress knowing they “age out” of the system at 18-years-old. This week we introduce ... «Fox17, Jul 15»
What is the Melattur style?
If it was during Venkatarama Sastry's time in the eighteenth century, there is no written code or sishya parampara to prove it.” What is the ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
NRL late mail: Newcastle's Beau Scott and St George Illawarra's …
Eighteenth man David Fusitu'a is expected to come into the side alongside another predicted starter in Raymond Faitala-Mariner. Meanwhile ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
University man, Rev. Samuel Johnson
... interests,” “the most erudite colonial Anglican theologian of the eighteenth century,” and the “first important philosopher in colonial America.” «The Ridgefield Press, Jul 15»
Open primaries would spur turnout
Eighteenth Congressional District voters had the opportunity to cast a ballot this week. Did you take advantage of your right to make your voice ... «Jacksonville Journal Courier, Jul 15»
Coin connects Vadodara to Mughal Emperor Akbar
Mint in the Baroda state came in the late eighteenth century with the Gaekwadi rule. However, this coin suggests there could have been a ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
Rosie Perez leaving 'The View' for good
... has now sent a note to staff at America's ABC network informing them that the star will leave the show at the end of the eighteenth season. «Good4Utah, Jul 15»
Unesco adds Jesus' baptism site to World Heritage list
... including the Camino Francés; five eighteenth-century Franciscan missions in the San Antonio river basin in Southern Texas; a 242-year-old ... «The Tablet, Jul 15»