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Marriage Of Figaro Opera Seria
4,209 words... r marriage was trying to persuade Leopold of her attributes: "But before I cease to plague you with my chatter, I must make you better acquainted with the character of Constanze. She is not ugly, but at the same time far from beautiful. Her whole beauty consists in two little black eyes and a pretty figure. She has no wit, but she has enough common sense to enable her to fulfil her duties as a wife and mother. It is a downright lie that she is inclined to be extravagant. On the contrary, she...
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Critique Of Pure Reason Synthetic A Priori
1,036 wordsThe exploration into Immanuel Kant's thought is one of, insight, perception, and open-mindedness. His work in the field of philosophy and intellectual development spanned over thirty-five years. He wrote on virtually all philosophical topics but his love was in the branch of metaphysics. His role in the evolvement of modern thought is vast and profound. Immanuel Kant was born, lived, and died in Konigsberg, East Prussia. Although he never left East Prussia, he is one of the most highly regarded ...
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Democrats And Republicans Anti Federalists
1,338 words... n the 1780 's, when the constitution was still being written, there were no Democrats or Republicans; the political groups that were most present were the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. These two groups eventually formed into the political groups of today, with their ideas changed. Basically the Anti-Federalists believed that the idea of a Representative Government wouldn't work in a large scale, they said that it could only work in small communities where the people all held similar ...
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Religious Tolerance White Males
833 wordsIn the dictionary definition, democracy "is government by the people in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. " According to Lincoln, democracy is a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people. " Freedom and democracy are often used interchangeably, but the two are not synonymous. Democracy is indeed a set of ideas and principles about freedom, but it also consists of a set of prac...
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Articles Of Confederation Treaty Of Paris
1,165 words... ry generation by the standards of the 1990 s. IV. The Ordeal of the Confederation, 1781 - 1789 Popular memory jumps straight from Yorktown to the writing of the Constitution, or even to the inauguration of President George Washington. But the period between 1781 and 1789, which so often slips through our fingers, was vitally important in American history. It was the era of the Confederation -- more precisely, the era of the ordeal of the Confederation. The Articles of Confederation, framed i...
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British Industrialism 1780 1850 10 4 Part 1
1,873 wordsBritish industrialism 1780 - 1850 10. 4. 10. Prior to the actual industrialization term that appeared in the 1780 in Britain one should remember that this country had to experience a lengthy process of wealth accumulation and productivity improvement. The British industrialization contributed to the drastic improvement in lifestyles of a great number of people as well as the creation of the working class that could afford to exist solely on labor, without having to own a kitchen plot to feed the...
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British Industrialism 1780 1850 10 4 Part 2
1,898 words... the growth of output per worker (labour productivity) in different parts of the economy. A tentative classification suggests the following. 1. The growth of productivity in agriculture (labor intensive) was somewhat faster than that in industry (hi tech). 2. Within industry were to be found the few sectors where productivity growth was really fast; most notably in textiles, with its radical changes in technology. But alongside these famous industries were a large set of traditional activitie...
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Vel Zquez Goya Painter
530 wordsHis name, Francisco Goya, born in 1746, one of Spain's most innovative painters and etchers; also one of the triumvirate including El Greco and Diego Vel? zquezof great Spanish masters. Much in the art of Goya is derived from that of Vel? zquez, just as much in the art of the 19 th-century French master? douard Manet and the 20 th-century genius Pablo Picasso is taken from Goya. Trained in a mediocre rococo artistic milieu, Goya transformed this often frivolous style and created works, such as t...
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Star Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key
636 wordsFort Fort Mchenry Fort McHenry Fort McHenry was an American military installation built on a peninsula in Baltimore harbor in 1799. During the War of 1812 it was attack, September 13 - 14, 1814 by a British fleet, an attack that inspired Francis Scott Key, a prisoner aboard a British ship, to write the Star- Spangled Banner. Later, Fort McHenry was used as a storage depot and military prison, Fort McHenry was established as a national park in 1925. It was re-designated a national monument and hi...
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Jacques Louis David Prix De Rome
2,167 wordsDavid was the virtual art dictator of France for a generation. Extending beyond painting, his influence determined the course of fashion, furniture design, and interior decoration and was reflected in the development of moral philosophy. His art was a sudden and decisive break with tradition, and from this break modern art is dated. David studied with Vien, and after winning the Prix de Rome (which had been refused him four times, causing him to attempt suicide by starvation) he accompanied Vien...
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Jacques Louis David Prix De Rome
2,167 wordsDavid was the virtual art dictator of France for a generation. Extending beyond painting, his influence determined the course of fashion, furniture design, and interior decoration and was reflected in the development of moral philosophy. His art was a sudden and decisive break with tradition, and from this break " modern art" is dated. David studied with Vien, and after winning the Prix de Rome (which had been refused him four times, causing him to attempt suicide by starvation) he acc...
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Supreme Court Virginia Mary
510 wordsMy name is John Marshall. I am the son of Thomas and Mary Marshall. I was Born on the 24 th of September, 1755. I was the oldest of fifteen children in my family. As a child I lived in the near frontier region of Virginia. I was mostly educated by my parents at home. I had more teaching at an academy in Westmore land County. In 1775, I became a minuteman with my father. I served under General Washington s army for three years in New Jersey, New york, and Pennsylvania, including service in 1777 -...
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President Of The United States United States Of America
670 wordsJohn Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States. He was born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts to John and Abigail Adams on July 11, 1767. He was their first child. His father, John Adams, was the second President of the United States. In 1778 and 1780, when he was only 11 and 13 years old, John Quincy accompanied his father on diplomatic missions to Europe. He studied in Paris in 1778 and 1779. In 1780 he studied at the University of Leiden. When John was 14 years old he b...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Hands And Feet
1,860 wordsFor the past two hundred years, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's death has been shrouded in mystery. Some say his great rival, Antonio Salieri, or the Freemasons murdered him. Others say he was simply exhausted. And some believe he died from sickness. It has been established that Mozart suffered from various illnesses, which no doubt contributed to his death. But some researchers have concluded that physical and mental exhaustion greatly affected Mozart, and contributed to his early death. These resear...
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Amadeus Mozart Leopold Mozart
8,379 wordsFor the respect his works have commanded of musicians, and the popularity they have enjoyed among wider audiences, he is probably the most admired composer in the history of Western music. With this appraisal the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, published in 1980, begins its magisterial article on Beethoven. More than a decade later one might not apply this statement to the Teutonic Goliath but to the David of Mozart. Not only is this year (1991) the bicentennial of Mozart's death, i...
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