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  2. Like a Rolling Stone - Wikipedia

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    The song is also notable for the amazing characters who surround the heroine. Andy Gill recalls the strangeness contained in the lyrics: "Who, fascinated fans debated, was Miss Lonely, Napoleon in rags and—most bizarre of all—the diplomat who rode a chrome horse while balancing a Siamese cat upon his shoulder? What on earth was going on here?"

  3. Deadsy - Wikipedia

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    A single titled "(study for a portrait of) Napolean In Rags", which was released February 8, on Spotify. [45] Q said that the song title may be a reference to the Bob Dylan song "Like a Rolling Stone". [45]

  4. Napoleon - Wikipedia

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    Napoleon was baptized as a Catholic, under the name Napoleone di Buonaparte. In his youth, his name was also spelled as Nabulione, Nabulio, Napolionne, and Napulione. [15] Napoleon was born one year after the Republic of Genoa ceded Corsica to France. [16] [d] His father supported Pasquale Paoli during the Corsican war of independence against ...

  5. Cultural depictions of Napoleon - Wikipedia

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    Napoleon is featured in Assassin's Creed Unity as a supporting character. He also appears as the main antagonist in its downloadable content mission, Dead Kings. Napoleon is a frequently used leader representing the French civilisation in the Civilization series. Napoleon appears in Scribblenauts and its sequels as someone the player can summon.

  6. Hand-in-waistcoat - Wikipedia

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    The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries (1812), exhibiting the hand-in-waistcoat gesture. The hand-in-waistcoat (also referred to as hand-inside-vest, hand-in-jacket, hand-held-in, or hidden hand) is a gesture commonly found in portraiture during the 18th and 19th centuries. The pose appeared by the 1750s to indicate leadership in a ...

  7. Napoleon I at Fontainebleau on March 31, 1814 - Wikipedia

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    The painting depicts Napoleon in a room of the Palace of Fontainebleau. He appears with a thoughtful expression, while he sits informally in a chair. He has the appearance of someone who has just returned from combat, while he also wears his uniform of colonel of the horse grenadiers of the Imperial Guard, with his grey frock coat.

  8. Grande Armée slang - Wikipedia

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    Napoleon Bonaparte. La charmante (the charming [woman]) mange/scabies Le Cheval Brutal (Brutal Horse) Horse artillery. La Côte de Boeuf (Rib of Ox) A sabre. Les Cousins de l'Empereur (The Emperor's cousins) Corsicans. Un Crâne (Skull, referring to the brain within) An experienced campaigner. Le Crucifix à Ressort (Springed Crucifix) A pistol ...

  9. Lumpenproletariat - Wikipedia

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    In The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon Marx identified Napoleon III as the "Chief of the Lumpenproletariat", a claim he made repeatedly. He argued that he bought his supporters with "gifts and loans, these were the limits of the financial science of the lumpenproletariat, both the low and the exalted. Never had a President speculated more ...