43 It just so happened that Hostell offered a mass to the Virgin Mary and the pregnant woman went into labor that night, creating an opportunity for the baby’s christening the next day: Hostell, “Report,” 248. 44 Baegert, Letters, 219. 45 Baegert, Observations, 125. 46 ...
What happened in the Franco-Prussian war? What was the Russian invasion of East Prussia? Where was the War of the Spanish Succession? What was the first war Charlemagne won? What war ended with the Treaty of Versailles? What were the Napoleonic Wars? How did Prussia beat Austria in the Au...
In the long line of your ancestry, if one thing had gone wrong — if the Big Bang had happened differently, if the earth had taken a different orbit around the sun — if some dinosaurs had survived, or if, somewhere along the way, the wrong sperm had connected with the egg that ...
Sex, marriage, and impotence are generally private matters not usually brought up in public discourse. In the 14th century, however, erectile ...
Amazing transformations happened at the touch of Harlequin’s magic wand, with mechanical serpents and flying vehicles. Rich also introduced animal roles: dragons, ostriches, dogs and camels. Professor Jane Moody,A Look into the History of Pantomime ...
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The ledger keeps track of who owns what, and this particular ledger happened to be orally distributed, which of course can only work in a small geography. By the time this was documented by Europeans, there were thousands of rai stones on Yap, representing centuries of quarrying, transporting...
2021/7/26 8 Detailed Discussion of Part I (para.1-8) Let me tell you one of the earliest disasters in my career as a teacher(para.1) What does disaster mean here? Paraphrase: Let me tell you something that happened when I first became a teacher. It was one of the annoying ...
are rationalized to the point that they are as efficient as possible. To me, this makes sense as an explanation of what has happened to society. Emphasis is placed on how much of something can be made and with the least amount of materials necessary and least steps in order to make a ...
No. In fact I think that something else entirely has happened, which is that it has ceased being a fashion, and is instead now just a style choice, and one that doesn’t necessarily need a ‘trend’ to hang it on. It’s worth noting too that often in the past, when a new beard...