In 878‚ the Danes‚ seized Chippenham in Wiltshire and used this land as a secure base to devastate Wessex; however‚ as a clever chief‚ Alfred enhanced his strategy and adopted his opponents’ plan by building a protected based in Athelney in the Somerset marshes and summoned a mobile army of men from Wiltshire and Hampshire to fight against the Danes at the battle of Edington. He reorganized his army‚ he built well-defended settlements. Also‚ He built up the defenses of his kingdom to ensure of not
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As I look back on my years growing up in Acqua Traverse there is one period that stands out above all others: when I was an accomplice in the kidnapping of Filippo Carducci. Filippo was the son of the wealthy Lombard business man Giovanni Carducci and a steep ransom was demanded in exchange for his life. It all started when that stupid roman Sergio Materia came to Acqua Traverse. I was twenty at the time and felt caged in such a small‚ rural village. Sergio offered the inhabitants a chance to
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The Painted Veil is a 1925 novel from British author W. Somerset Maugham. A lost girl named Kitty marries a guy named Walter Fane‚ a bacteriologist. The only reason that she marries him is so she can be married before her little sister Doris. She also had to get away from her mom. She moves to Hong Kong with her husband‚ and quickly gets bored. Kitty meets a guy named Charles Townsend who is the colonial secretary’s assistant. They start having an affair with each other. Her husband Walter finds
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The Skin of Our Teeth: Themes & Style | "The Skin of Our Teeth stands head and shoulders above the monotonous plane of our moribund theatre--an original‚ gay-hearted play that is now and again profoundly moving‚ as a genuine comedy should be" (Northeastern Illinois University). This was what Brooke Atkinson wrote in New York Times upon the agreement of most reviewers that Thorton Wilder had produced a work that would revitalize American theatre. Disrupting traditional notions of linear time‚ Wilder’s
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Eulogy Thanks for comimg everyone‚ I know this is a very big day. I just want to start by telling you what kind of person Rachel was. Although sometimes I met rachel the first year of high school. she was the girl sitting in the front row‚with ger notepad and her blonde hair...rch and I said to myself...I dont like her‚not only because sje was blonde because she was a smart blonde. Then I got stuck doing a project I know its not nice bad mouthing the deceased but Hainting me‚ aproving my eulogy
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Salvatore Norge Tim Walsh English 101-L01 3 November 2010 Arguing Positions: Prohibition of Alcohol Alcohol abuse is an extremely ravaging calamity‚ and many resolutions have developed as a result of its effects. The eighteenth amendment was ratified in 1920‚ and eliminating the legal use of alcohol was adopted. Also known as the prohibition of alcohol‚ it became effective in the United States of America. Its intentions were to prevent the manufacture‚ import‚ export‚ sales‚ and consumption
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I’d like to start this off by saying that I hope for this written testimony to be private and not released to the public. The GOP was a corrupt party that I am ashamed to be apart of. I was lured in by hopes of activity‚ military growth‚ and stability. However‚ this all came crashing down in the first few days. I had planned to resign from my position on Monday or Tuesday after finding startling information. However‚ due to the lack of time‚ I didn’t. I wasn’t going to after SalvatorePaterson shut
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The novel The Perks of being a Wallflower is written by Stephen Chbosky‚ in this story‚ the main character‚ Charlie‚ Charlie is a tentative freshmen‚ how often refers to himself as a wallflower‚ Charlie is a benign character because he always put others before him‚ and you can witness that a lot throughout the book. This story is about growing up and becoming the true person that you are. In each entry he writes what happens in school‚ with his friends‚ and his family. This book is written all in
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Encouraged various near –contemporary poets‚ undergraduates at the time. The influence of her early work can be felt in the apprentice work of Alan Brwonjohn and of Anthony Thwaite who in reviewing her Collected Poems called her ‘ one of the two best living English poets under forty- five.’the other was Larkin. (Schmidt 346-47) Jennings met several women poets during this time including Anne Ridler‚ Adrienne Rich‚ and Kathleen Raine. Anne Ridler had shown a great interest in her
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Cradlewood‚ which is to be directed by Harry Weinmann. The movie is set to be released in 2013. He appears in the coffee table book About Face by celebrity photographer John Russo. In June 2009 Somerhalder was cast in the role of Vampire Damon Salvatore as a series regular in The CW television drama series The Vampire Diaries. The series premiere attracted The CW’s highest premiere ratings of any season premiere since the network began in 2006. The series has continued to be the highest rated series
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