the northern government. The poor Quakers were flying from persecution in England. They cast their eyes on these new countries as asylums of civil and religious freedom; but they found them free only for the reigning sect. Several acts of the Virginia assembly of 1659‚ 1662‚ and 1693‚ had made it penal in parents to refuse to have their children baptized; had prohibited the unlawful assembling of Quakers; had made it penal for any master of a vessel to bring a Quaker into the state; had ordered
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More often than we would prefer‚ we are inclined to forget the significances of the events and experiences of our past - such is only human‚ if we fail to record our incidents. However‚ this is far from the case for expressive memoir author Virginia Woolf‚ whose afternoon sailing one day had impacted her for life. There are several descriptions‚ allusions‚ and idiomatic phrases in the reminiscent passage which harken back to the significance of Woolf’s undertakings as depicted. Specifically‚ those
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The Piano Sonata in B minor (German: Klaviersonate h-Moll)‚ S.178‚ is a musical composition for solo piano by Franz Liszt‚ published in 1854 with a dedication to Robert Schumann. It is often considered Liszt’s greatest composition for solo piano. The piece has been oft analyzed‚ particularly regarding issues of form. The sonata is notable for being constructed from five motivic elements that are woven into an enormous musical architecture. The motivic units undergo thematic transformation throughout
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APGAR SCORES Professor Virginia Apgar (1909-1974) • American paediatric anaesthesiologist • Founder of neonatology field • Also founder of Apgar score (1952) ← “designed first standardized method for evaluating newborns transition to life outside the womb” ← Further related Apgar score to labour‚ delivery and anaesthetics ← Apgar score at 5 min can predict neonatal survival and neurological development • In 1949: she was the 1st woman at Columbia
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students‚ if i gave each of you a pen and paper and gave you the question examine that particular ways the poet had communicated ideas in example Wilfred Owens War Poems and others how many of you could write a good HSC response? Not many well today i will be addressing this question for you and hopefully this will therefore assist you. Wilfred Owen uses poetry to challenge public perceptions on the war as well as to inform‚ awaken and enlighten his readers about what war was really like‚ the horrors
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Euphrates river‚ a waterway the Mesopotamians greatly relied on. It is fitting to state that Mesopotamia one of the earliest civilizations‚ was the birthplace of the world’s oldest known piece of literature. Gilgamesh: A verse Narrative by Herbert Mason is a recount of this ancient story. It is about a King called Gilgamesh who ruled in the land of Uruk‚ and his quest to revive his beloved friend Enkidu from death. Gilgamesh is believed to
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Wilfred Owen was a 20th century English poet who fought in World War I and died just one week before the war had ended‚ aged 25. However‚ even long after his death‚ his poetry has still lived on in the minds of those he helped. Poems such as ’Dulce et Decorum est’‚ ’Mental cases’ and ’Disabled’ portray the devastating volume of death on the battlefield and the psychological and physical impacts soldiers endured during and after war. These are the key features that intensify the meaning of his
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antiwar poetry of Wilfred Owen "And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime/Dim through the misty panes and thick green light/As under a green sea‚ I saw him drowning."(Owen 12-14). In his poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" Wilfred Owen describes a scene he witnessed in the first world war. After writing about what he had seen‚ he then states his belief‚ that Horace’s quotation (which is also the name of the poem) is untrue‚ and if even the most ardent hawk would have seen what Owen and his comrades had seen
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MORGANTOWN‚ W.Va.--Special teams play only about 10 percent of a football game but any given play on special teams can alter the outcome of a game‚ whether it’s good or bad. The West Virginia University football team knows this all too well. Several pieces of the Mountaineers’ special teams unit return‚ including Mike Molina‚ Billy Kinney and Nick Meadows. During Josh Lambert’s suspension last year‚ Molina stepped in as WVU’s No.1 kicker. Against Missouri‚ he made 4-of-4 field goals and on seven
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insight into: The Mature Minor Rule. • “The Mature Minor Rule was created as a result of a 1967 court case‚ Smith v. Seibly‚ 72 2n.2d 16 and is part of Public Health - Seattle & King County’s Policy and Procedure which allows health care providers to treat youth as adults based upon an assessment and documentation of the young person’s maturity. The Mature Minor Rule enables the provider to ask questions of the young person in order to determine whether or not the minor has the maturity to provide
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