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9 ore fa · Northwest Indian War. Whiskey Rebellion. George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington led ...
9 ore fa · Visitors to Williamsburg generally admired the Palace’s Palladian architecture and graceful gardens. One observer remembered the Palace as a building which “far exceeded the Temple of Diana at Ephesus or that of the Sun at Palmyra” (which were two legendary ancient temples). 8 Another traveler contrasted the Palace’s beauty with the simplicity of the rest of Williamsburg: “There is ...
9 ore fa · This chapter is devoted to a discussion of arguments against the negative reading (i.e. the ironic or insincere reading) and argues for the prima facie plausibility of Hume’s sincerity on true religion. First, by analysing textual and circumstantial evidence, it shall be argued that the case for Hume’s conformism is overstated.
9 ore fa · However, it is widely believed that Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh built Jal Mahal in 1799 to serve as a hunting lodge for his duck shooting expeditions. Some people credit Maharaja Madho Singh I with building this palace, which dates back to the 1750s. Regardless matter who built it, the palace was never intended to be used as a typical living space.
1 giorno fa · In the 1750s the American inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin inspired widespread (and don't-try-this-at-home ) thunderstorm experiments, following his famous kite experiment to collect ...
9 ore fa · The name Carceri, Italian for prisons, is a reference to series of etchings from the 1750s by Piranesi. The series depicts imaginary prisons that evoke Escher-like spaces (200 years before Escher, that is). To me, Piranesi was the original Level Designer (my day job), inventing beautiful, impossible spaces that still, somehow, seem enticing to ...
9 ore fa · 2024-06-06 - Phil.hewitt@nationalworld.com. The choir of Chichester Cathedral will be heard as part of Coram Boy, the second production on the main-house stage at Chichester Festival Theatre this summer. Helen Edmundson’s piece, based on the novel by Jamila Gavin, runs from Friday, May 24-Saturday, June 15 offering glorious music and murder ...
