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Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger. Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford (19 February 1775 – 10 March 1804) was a British Royal Navy officer and peer best known for his participation in the Vancouver Expedition and the resulting feud with its leader, George Vancouver, during and after the expedition.
Voltaire's fine-honed savagery inspired Nadal to excise the uncomplimentary remarks about Voltaire in his prefaces when he came to collect and publish the plays in 1736 with others of his poems, in three small volumes. But it is in Voltaire's response that the abbé Nadal is remembered.
Mariamne. (Nadal play) Mariamne is a 1725 French tragedy by Augustin Nadal based around the Herodian dynasty. Nadal was encouraged to produce the play after his rival Voltaire 's play on the same story had failed after only one performance the previous year (1724). However, at the play's February 1725 premiere at the Comédie-Française, the ...
(The correct approach to the study of comets had been proposed at the time by Tycho Brahe.) In its opening passage, Galileo and Guiducci's Discourse gratuitously insulted the Jesuit Christoph Scheiner, [9] [10] [11] and various uncomplimentary remarks about the professors of the Collegio Romano were scattered throughout the work. [9]
02:33. Sen. JD Vance told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday that “I don’t like those comments” when asked about far-right activist Laura Loomer’s remarks about Vice President ...
Colorado Women's Hall of Fame (1985) Mary Madeline " May " Bonfils Stanton (April 30, 1883 – March 11, 1962) [ 1] was an American heiress and philanthropist. She and her younger sister, Helen Bonfils, succeeded their father, Frederick Gilmer Bonfils, as principal owners of The Denver Post. However, May's elopement at age 21 with a non ...
Mary Darcy, Lady Darcy of Chiche born Mary Kitson (1565 – 1644) was the sole heir of Hengrave Hall, near Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, England. She became the wife of Thomas Darcy, 3rd Baron Darcy of Chiche. They had five children but his suspicions of adultery led to a separation.
The remark was a clear reference to the United States' support of Ukraine against Russia. Washington has sent tens of billions of dollars of military aid to Kyiv in an attempt to help Ukrainian ...