Belshazzar- (Old Testament) Babylonian general and son of Nebuchadnezzar II; according to the Old Testament he was warned of his doom by divine handwriting on the wall that was interpreted by Daniel (6th century BC) Old Testament- the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the ...
Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (lived 1630–85), spent fourteen years in continental Europe in the mid 17th century, separated by sea and circumstances from the seats of sovereignty which generations of his family had occupied. The first years of this period he spent largely...
For the next nine years, the penniless and defeated Charles wandered around Europe with only a small group of loyal supporters. Years later, after his restoration as king, the 50-year-old Charles II requested a meeting with the writer and diarist Samuel Pepys. His intention when asking ...
Later neglected, the walls of the chamber were whitewashed and hung with tapestries and in the early 19th century restoration work was done to reveal the paintings again with artist and antiquarian Charles Stothard commissioned by the Society of Antiquarians in 1819 to make watercolour copies (furt...
Years later, after his restoration as king, the 50-year-old Charles II requested a meeting with the writer and diarist Samuel Pepys. His intention when asking Pepys to commit his story to paper was to ensure that this most extraordinary episode was never forgotten. This article is from laoka...
For the next nine years, the penniless and defeated Charles wandered around Europe with only a small group of loyal supporters. Years later, after his restoration as king, the 50-year-old Charles II requested a meeting with the writer and diarist Samuel Pepys. His intention when asking Pepys...
Years later, after his restoration as king, the 50-year-old Charles II requested a meeting with the writer and diarist Samuel Pepys. His intention when asking Pepys to commit his story to paper was to ensure that this most extraordinary episode was never forgotten. Over two three-hour sitting...
对应原文:第2段:Years later, after his restoration as king, the 50-year-old Charles II requested a meeting with the writer and diarist Samuel Pepys. 答案解析:原文确实提到了查尔斯二世选择Pepys来记录他的故事,但并没有说明原因。题干后半段because he considered him to be trustworthy属于无中生有,由...
The image of Charles II as a randy monarch who dragged the crown through the moral mire and irredeemably weakened its position has persisted throughout the three centuries since John Evelyn gave his judgement. That judgement, Derek Wilson argues, is okay as far as it goes. The Restoration ...
King Vidor. Director: War and Peace. King Vidor was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter of Hungarian descent. He was born in Galveston, Texas to lumberman Charles Shelton Vidor and his wife Kate Wallis. King's paternal grandfather