2 QUOTES WITH «PESTILENCE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
pestilence.
There is a type of snobbish, pompous journalist who thinks that the only news that has any validity is war, famine, pestilence or politics. I don't come from that school.
The god of the Christians, as we have seen, is the god who makes promises only to break them; who sends them pestilence and disease in order to heal them; a god who demoralizes mankind in order to improve it.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PESTILENCE»
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pestilence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pestilence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopedia of Plague and
Pestilence: From Ancient Times to ...
Tracing the history of infectious diseases from the Philistine plague of 11th century BCE to recent SARS and avian flu scares, this volume provides descriptions of more than 700 epidemics, listed alphabetically by location of the outbreak.
From award winning author Brian L Porter comes the thriller sensation of the year. 'Pestilence' leads where others will follow in creating a scare-fest that will terrify, entertain and astound the reader. Pestilence....breathe if you dare!
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Armies of
Pestilence: The Impact of Disease on History
In Armies of Pestilence R.S. Bray offers a fresh contribution to the impact that illnesses have had on world history.
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Images of Plague and
Pestilence: Iconography and Iconology
Since the late fourteenth century, European artists created an extensive body of images, in paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures and other media, about the horror of disease and death, as well as hope and salvation.
Christine M. Boeckl, 2000
In the fourteenth century, Salah Ibn al Khatib, a young Arab, journeys into the perilous landscape of medieval Europe, a world devastated by the Black Death, on a quest to avenge his family by assassinating the king of France.
William Owen Roberts, Elisabeth Roberts, 2003
A novel combining biotechnology intrigue, humor and political satire
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Conquest and
Pestilence in the Early Spanish Philippines
In this provocative new work, Linda Newson convincingly demonstrates that the Filipino population suffered a significant decline in the early colonial period.
This is a new writer with the voice of Stephen King and the storytelling force of Dean Koontz.
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Epidemics and Ideas: Essays on the Historical Perception of ...
The chapters in this book, by acknowledged experts in the history of their periods, look at the ways in which the great epidemic diseases of the past--from classical Athens to the present day--have shaped not only our views of medicine and ...
Terence Ranger, Paul Slack, 1995
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Pestilence in Medieval and Early Modern English Literature
This book examines three diseases - leprosy, bubonic plague and syphillis - to show how doctors, priests and authors in the Middle Ages saw certain illnesses through a moral filter: as punishment from God.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PESTILENCE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
pestilence is used in the context of the following news items.
'Poldark' Recap: Season 1, Part 6
Ross gets word that Jim is ill with prison pestilence, so he races to the jail with Dr. Dwight Enys in tow and illegally removes a barely alive, ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
Moral panic is sown to make us scaredy-cats – that's nothing new
Foremost was a lessening of parental control, followed by “the evil literature that was a pestilence, and in the preaching of a doctrine of liberty ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
Reid Hospital was born 110 years ago
Some 110 years ago, an “early house of pestilence” that had been constructed over the mound site of a prehistoric people was dedicated on ... «Palladium-Item, Jul 15»
Opinion: The Pope's shaky liberal fans
Warfare. Famine. Pestilence. Not to mention that fifth horseman always bringing up the rear — human folly. To the liberal secularisti, though, ... «The Trentonian, Jul 15»
What Glad Tidings Does Obama Bear for Africans On His Visit to …
... being seen in terms of its promise and potential, not its stereotype of pain and pestilence; it is seen as open for trade, not waiting for aid. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
Hats off to Derbyshire, home to 1st modern factory and backdrop for …
What made Eyam different was a local rector's decision to quarantine the village, a move that kept the pestilence from spreading across ... «Waterloo Record, Jul 15»
The bad news for Western drought: 'monster' hot El Nino on the way
... Canada this season, many may be recalling the old adage, "be careful what you wish for" as forest fires, drought and pestilence invite biblical ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
Next MoviePilot Contest - Choose Your Four Horseman to Create …
Going by the Book Of Revelations, the four horsemen would be "Pestilence/Disease, War, Famine and Death." I am not including conquest here ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
Friday Night Dialogues: Straight talk on ticks
Keeping up with the most recent medical and scientific findings is paramount to the clear thinking necessary to combat this pestilence on a ... «Shelter Island Reporter, Jul 15»
Doctors: Not all who request narcotics are in search of a high
As an educated, intelligent and informed member of society, I am very much aware that there is a pestilence of opiate abuse ravaging our ... «Ontario Argus Observer, Jul 15»
