a complex “combat on [a] velvet plain‚” which exaggerates the little action that actually takes place in the Canto. In the card game called Ombre‚ hands are not just hands. They represent armies of different suites. Face cards are “four kings in majesty revered‚ with hoary whiskers and a forky beard” ‚”four fair queens whose hands sustain a flower‚ the expressive emblem of their softer power” and “four knaves in garb succinct‚ a trusty band‚ caps on their heads and halberds in their hand.” Pope
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An interesting section of T.S. Eliot’s "The Wasteland" is that headed "Death by Water‚" a section that has engendered some argument about its meaning and about whether or not the death of Phlebas is intended to be real or symbolic. The poem uses sound in an interesting way to draw ideas together and to create a musical lilt. In the first line‚ the repeated "f" sound carries over to the first word of line two‚ evoking the idea of death‚ the image of the sea‚ and a connection between the sea and the
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Bunian Tu Bunian Tu (also called Emperor Taizong Receiving the Tibetan Envoy) is a painting drawn on the tough silk by Yan Liben to show the friendly encounter between the Tang dynasty and Tubo. The painting is 129 centimetres long ‚ by 38.5 centimetres wide.Bunian Tu is enshrined in The Palace Museum in Beijing. “Bunian Tu” is one of the top ten traditional Chinese paintings. It features elegant and bright colors‚ smooth and vigorous lines‚ and a flexible composition. The painting is a representative
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Throughout life humanity has always wondered about death and what comes afterwards. It is one of the most highly debated topics in life. In the poems “Dust in The Wind” by Kansas‚ “Don’t Fear The Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult and “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant they all revolve around the topic of life and death. Although they have similar topics‚ the overall message and outlook of the poems are different. Regarding all three poems as listed above‚ they have significant similarities. The similarities
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“Miss Porter” (2006)‚ directed by an Australian director Chris Noonan‚ is a biopic film of Beatrix Potter (Renée Zellweger)‚ the English best-selling children’s author and illustrator. In addition to providing glimpses of realistic highlighted stories of Beatrix’s life‚ the movie represents successfully panoramic views of the stunning British topography‚ notably the idyllic rural area. The movie opens with magnificent shots of the panorama of the renowned Lake District in North-western England. This
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government wasn’t idling its time away but was trying to complicate and restrict entry into the country‚ as if! Immigrants were filtering their way to the country‚ and how could you restrict the inflow‚ if the head of the Commonwealth-Empire is Her Majesty the Queen itself? Slowly and steadily England‚ especially London were becoming more “yellow” and “black”‚ in some districts other nationalities are already outnumbering the
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continues to be a royal residence. Although in the United Kingdom there is no strict legal or formal definition of who is or is not a member of the Royal Family‚ and different lists will include different people‚ those carrying the style Her or His Majesty (HM)‚ or Her or His Royal Highness (HRH) are always considered members‚ which usually results in the application of the term to the monarch‚ the consort of the monarch‚ the widowed consorts of previous monarchs‚ the children of the monarch‚ the male-line
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no malignity‚ no misery‚ can be found comparable to mine. When I run over the frightful catalogue of my sins‚ I cannot believe that I am the same creature whose thoughts were once filled with sublime and transcendent visions of the beauty and the majesty of goodness. But it is even so; the fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone.” [Text from Mary Shelley‚ Frankenstein 2nd Ed (New York: W. W. Norton & Company
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Buddhism in China Buddhism was founded in India in the sixth century B.C.E.‚ and was diffused to China by the first century C.E. Buddhism gradually gained followers after the collapse of the Han dynasty in 220 C.E. Buddhism’s influence on people continued to expand for several centuries all throughout East Asia. Between 220 C.E. and 570 C.E.‚ China suffered a period of political instability and conflict. Buddhism had very diverse responses in China. The reaction of Buddhism gradually diffused in
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The history of technical education in this country has been a century old. It all began in 1904 when a Technical School began its operation on Weld Road (now Jalan Raja Chulan) to teach Technical Assistants for the Federated Malay States Departments of Railways‚ Survey and Public Works. The school was officially known as Treacher Technical School‚ named after Sir William Treacher‚ the Resident General during that time. Students followed classed on part-time basis; they worked and trained specifically
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