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Sep 13, 2024 · The Spirit of the Age (full title The Spirit of the Age: Or, Contemporary Portraits) is a collection of character sketches by the early 19th century English essayist, literary critic, and social commentator William Hazlitt, portraying 25 men, mostly British, whom he believed to represent significant trends in the thought, literature, and politics of his time.
1 day ago · In 2024, they released 17 Is Right Here, an equivalent compilation of Korean releases which included Korean-language versions of the group's Japanese songs. [175] In 2022, Seventeen released their first full English song, "Darl+ing", off their Face the Sun album. [176] "Even if we released – like beforehand – all Korean songs, they would ...
2 days ago · The book The C Programming Language, co-authored by the original language designer, served for many years as the de facto standard for the language. [ 12 ] [ 1 ] C has been standardized since 1989 by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and, subsequently, jointly by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the ...
1 day ago · Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Latin: [ˈŋnae̯ʊs pɔmˈpɛjjʊs ˈmaŋnʊs]; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey (/ ˈ p ɒ m p i / POM-pee) or Pompey the Great, was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic.
2 days ago · Socrates (/ ˈ s ɒ k r ə t iː z /, [2] Greek: Σωκράτης; c. 470 – 399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy [3] and as among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought.
Sep 13, 2024 · 1862 – Henry Newbolt, English historian, author, and poet (d. 1938) [63] 1867 – David T. Abercrombie, American entrepreneur and co-founder of lifestyle brand Abercrombie & Fitch (d. 1931) [64] 1868 – Robert Falcon Scott, English sailor and explorer (d. 1912) [65] 1872 – Alix of Hesse, German princess and Russian empress (d. 1918) [66]
13 hours ago · The word angel arrives in modern English from Old English engel (with a hard g) and the Old French angele. [7] Both of these derive from Late Latin angelus, which in turn was borrowed from Late Greek ἄγγελος angelos (literally "messenger"). [8] Τhe word's earliest form is Mycenaean a-ke-ro, attested in Linear B syllabic script. [9]
