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Irish Republican Army Post Office
894 wordsMorgan Llywelyn was born in New York City; her parents were Irish and Welsh-Irish. She is an Irish citizen and lives in Ireland year round. The majority of her books cover Ireland and Irish history. Ms. Llywelyn is the only woman to have walked the entire length and width of Ireland. Ned Halloran is on the Titanic with his mother and father. They are going to his sister Kathleen's wedding. Onboard the ship, Ned meets Dan Duffy, and they become friends. When the ship begins to sink, Duffy and Ned...
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Saint Thomas Aquinas God Must Exist
1,441 wordsExistence of God or the Lack There of Philosophers and theologians have always searched a way to prove the existence or non-existence of God. Many of these philosophers have made valid points for their views on the subject. Philosophers such as Saint Thomas Aquinas, Decartes, and John Locke argued for the existence of God while others, such as Rowe and Hume, searched for ways to disprove the arguments that these philosophers stated. Saint Thomas Aquinas had five ways in which he proved the exist...
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Valentines Day Christs Love Valentine
306 wordsThe whole holiday of Valentines Day is steeped in the concept of love and what greater love is there than Christs love laying down His life for those He loved. Like so many other holidays, the celebration of this holiday is derived from pagan origin, yet can have great significance and inspiration for the Christian. Valentines Day derives its origins from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. When fierce wolves roamed the woods nearby, the Romans called upon their god, Lupercus to keep the wolv...
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Patron Saint One Time
885 wordsI can hear the turning of the key Ive been deceived by the clown inside of me. I thought that he was righteous but hes vain Oh, somethings a-telling me I wear the ball and chain. My patron saint is a-fighting with a ghost Hes always off somewhere when I need him most. The Spanish moon is rising on the hill But my heart is a-tellin me I love ya still. I come back to the town from the flaming moon I see you in the streets, I begin to swoon. I love to see you dress before the mirror Wont you let me...
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1,341 wordsThe origin of the arms with the argent between 6 fleur-de-lys, which is now on the flag of the republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina, has long puzzled me, but they are in fact the arms of the Kotromanic family, which ruled Bosnia in the 14 th and 1 5 th centuries. Other arms have also been attributed to Bosnia in the 19 th century. I finally thought of a way to get at this question of the origin of the current Bosnian flag: numismatics, of course. I found a book by one Ivan Rengjeo, Corpus der mittel-a...
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Main Character Holden Christ Like Figure
1,280 wordsHolden Caulfield: Saint, Snob, or Somewhere In-between? Although J. D. Salinger has only one novel to his credit, that novel, The Catcher in the Rye, is recognized as an exceptional literary work. The key to the success of The Catcher in the Rye is the main character, Holden Caulfield. There are many different critics that view Holden in many different ways. Some believe Holden to be a conceited snob, while others see Holden as a Christ-like figure. It is my opinion, however, that Holden is some...
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1,397 wordsHolden Caulfield: Saint, Snob, or Somewhere In-between? Although J. D. Salinger has only one novel to his credit, that novel, The Catcher in the Rye, is recognized as an exceptional literary work. The key to the success of The Catcher in the Rye is the main character, Holden Caulfield. There are many different critics that view Holden in many different ways. Some believe Holden to be a conceited snob, while others see Holden as a Christ-like figure. It is my opinion, however, that Holden is some...
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Save His Life Witch Trials
700 wordsThe Crucible written by Arthur Miller is a play that deals with the Salem witch trials in the 1690 s. The main character, John Proctor, goes through a crucible, or severe test of his own, as the witch trials are taking place. The witch trials occur because a group of girls from Salem accuse some of the townspeople of making pacts with the devil, or becoming witches. These girls were at first charged with being witches when they were caught dancing around a cauldron in the woods. They admitted to...
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Upstate New York Faith In God
2,987 wordsDorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker movement, was born in Brooklyn, New York, November 8, 1897. After surviving the San Francisco earthquake in 1906, the Day family moved into a flat in Chicago's South Side. It was a big step down in the world made necessary because John Day was out of work. Day understands of the shame people feel when they fail in their efforts dated from this time. (Miller, p. 4) When John Day was appointed sports editor of a Chicago newspaper, the Day family moved in...
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Christian Soldier Middle Ages
1,612 wordsAlbrecht Durer completed the Master Engravings in the years 1513 and 1514. With these three engravings (Knight, Death, and Devil, St. Jerome in His Study, and Melencolia I) he reached the high point of his artistic expression and concentration. each print represents a different philosophical perspective on the worlds respectively of action, spirit, and intellect. Although Durer himself evidently did not think of the three as a set, He sometimes sold or gave St. Jerome and Melencolia I as a pair....
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444 wordsBorn in Paris on December 17, 1706, Emilie du Chatelet grew up in a household where the art of courting was the only way one could recieve a place in society. During her early childhood, Emilie began to show great improvement in the area of academics that soon she was able to convince her father that she needed attention. She studied Latin, Italian and English. She also studied Tasso, Virgil, Milton and other great scholars. In spite of her talents in the area of languages, her true love was mat...
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Life Of Olaudah Equiano Narrative Of The Life
2,154 wordsEquianos Equianos Travels African History Equiano's Travels Research Paper Equiano's Travels Olaudah Equiano, called Gustavus Vassa by his white masters, became a legend through his words. In 1788 England published his autobiographical work, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, which set the precedent for anti-slavery literature written by former slaves themselves, which would have a profound impact on the abolition movements in the eighteenth...
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Pope John Paul Ii Native Americans
2,346 wordsMiquel Joseph Serra was born and baptized on November 24, 1713 in Petra, a farming village on the island of Mallorca, Spain. As a child he attended a Franciscan elementary school. At the age of fifteen, Serra left home to enter the Franciscan University in Palma to study philosophy. When Serra was sixteen, he decided to join the Franciscan Order. After years of preparation and careful consideration of his vocation, Serra received his Franciscan habit in 1730 and took the name Junipero which mean...
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Anglo Irish Feudal System
1,055 wordsIreland Ireland is an island country lying to the west of Great Britian. Itis separated from Great Britain by St. Georges Channel, the Irish Send the Northern Channel. At its greatest length, from northeast to southwest, it measures three hundred and two miles. The first human settlements on the island on the northeastern edge of Europe were made relatively late in European prehistory, about six thousand B. C. It remained relatively uninhabited and un invaded. The only knowledge otis Ireland is ...
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Joan Of Arc Maid Of Orleans English
716 words1412, it is in the last half-century of the Hundred Years War in which the French attempted to attain freedom from English rule by fighting to eradicate English strongholds. An unusually strong, healthy, and possibly clairvoyant girl is born to Isabelle Rom&execute; e and Jacques d Arc in the small village of Domremy, France. Her mother is from the town of Vouthon, which is west of Domremy. Her surname concurs that either she or a family member has visited Rome. Her father was born in a village ...
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Roman Catholic Church King Charles Vii
1,091 wordsJoan of Arc Joan of Arc, first known as Jeanne d Arc, was born in the village of Domremy, in the Champagne district of northeastern France. She was born on January 6, 1412 and died May 30, 1431 at the age of 19. Joan is a French national heroin and a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. She rescued France from defeat during the Hundred Years War against England. In honor of her victory she is often called the Maid of Orleans. This is a story of her life. Joan was not a well-educated woman. She ha...
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Pope Julius Ii Sistine Chapel
519 wordsPOPE JULIUS II Pope Julius II was a powerful ruler and also the greatest art patron among the popes. His reign is considered one of the most brilliant in the Renaissance period. He was born Giuliano della River, in Albisola, Italy in 1443. He became a Franciscan priest in 1468. After his uncle became Pope Alexander VI in 1492, he fled to France, where he stayed until Alexander died. He was elected Pope Julius II in 1503. Even though bribery was a large part of his own election, the new pope quic...
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Morally And Ethically Canterbury Tales
1,236 words1, 216 Words In the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Chaucer effectively uses satirization throughout the tales to address various moral issues. In one such case, Chaucer singles out three religious figures the Noone, the Monk and the Frereand uses satirization to depict the lack of ethics among the three. By doing so, we, as the readers, can see more clearly Chaucer's view of what is right or wrong and what is morally and ethically acceptable and unacceptable pertaining to all despite the ...
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Informed Me That Delilah Saint Bernard Pup
475 wordsFor Dog Dreams Dog Dreams For the past five years my dream has been to own a male Saint Bernard pup out of my old Saint Bernard's, Samson and Delilah. Patty, the woman that owns my old companions called and informed me that Delilah was pregnant and was expected to deliver within the next week. I knew that my dream was coming true and I would get my pup. That whole week I was on cloud nine all I could think about was this dog. I went ahead and made plans to pick out my new bundle of joy the follo...
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16 Th Century Greek And Roman
1,423 wordsWhat a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world, the paragon of animals! Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2 Modern art critics regard renaissance art as graphic narratives of political and social events that occurred in the 14 th through 16 th century Europe. Scholars believe that the renaissance expressed a cultural revival of classical antiquity....
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