William Cobbett, when he was a Tory. We have Peter Porcupine's Gazette and the Porcupine Papers, in twelve volumes. (1762-1835.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…
came into possession of Merlin's wooden horse. There is a French romance called Peter of Provence and the Fair Magalona, the chief incidents of which are connected with this flying charger…
Ivan AllenAge: 92 former mayor of Atlanta who deftly guided the racial integration of the city in the turbulent 1960s. Died: Atlanta, July 2, 2003Giovanni AgnelliA - FIdi Amin
(Encyclopedia) Mansfield, Sir Peter, 1933–2017, British physicist, Ph.D. Queen Mary College, London, 1962. He was a professor at the Univ. of Nottingham from 1964 to 1994. In 2003 Mansfield shared…
Allen FuntAge: 84 TV host who caught America by surprise—literally—in the popular series Candid Camera. The show, a CBS hit from 1960 to 1966, was originally created by Funt as a radio show,…
James Van AllenAge: 91 physicist who made the first major discovery of the Space Age—two radiation belts that circle Earth. They were later named in his honor. The belts were discovered when…
WEST Allen , a Representative from Florida; born in Atlanta, Fulton County,
Georgia, on February 7, 1961; graduated from Henry W. Grady High School,
Atlanta, Ga., 1979; B.A., University of…
of Russia built St. Petersburg, and gave Russia a place among the nations of Europe. He laid aside his crown and sceptre, came to England, and worked as a common labourer in our dockyards…
(in Tasso), “the holy author of the crusade” (bk. i.). It is said that six millions of persons assumed the cross at his preaching. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…
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