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5 days ago · What Castle is Catherine tempted to visit before she remembers that the outing will clash with a walking engagement she made with Miss Tilney? Hint
5 days ago · 10. It is very fitting that Catherine, an 18th century heroine, should be fascinated by the Picturesque. While walking to Beechen Cliff, Henry instructs her on the picturesque - an English 18th century movement in the painting of landscapes which favoured asymmetry and irregularity to structure. The Picturesque is closely associated with the ...
2 days ago · The novel follows the happenings of Catherine Morland, the daughter of a countryman, as she embarks on a season of high society gatherings in Bath, where she hopes to encounter intrigue and ...
4 days ago · Mary Wollstonecraft (/ ˈ w ʊ l s t ən k r æ f t /, also UK: /-k r ɑː f t /; 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional personal relationships at the time, received more attention than her writing.
- 27 April 1759, Spitalfields, London, England
- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
- 10 September 1797 (aged 38), Somers Town, London, England
3 days ago · Anne Boleyn (/ ˈ b ʊ l ɪ n, b ʊ ˈ l ɪ n /; c. 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII.The circumstances of her marriage and execution by beheading for treason, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation.
- 1 June 1533
- Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire
- 19 May 1536, Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, London
- Elizabeth Howard
4 days ago · A homeowner with a property assessed at $80,000 would see a $170 increase in property taxes for the 2021-22 school year. Palmerton plans to increase taxes 1 mill, which translates to about $48 more for the average taxpayer. Panther Valley, regarded as the most needy district in our area, passed a tentative budget that relies on $6 million in ...
2 days ago · 24. "An easterly is the most disagreeable wind in Lyme Bay - Lyme Bay being that largest bite from the underside of England's outstretched southwestern leg - and a person of curiosity could at once have deduced several strong probabilities about the pair who began to walk down the quay at Lyme Regis, the small but ancient eponym of the inbite, one incisively sharp and blustery morning in the ...
