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  2. Dandy horse - Wikipedia

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    Wooden dandy horse (around 1820), a patent-infringing copy of the first two-wheeler Original Laufmaschine of 1817 made to measure.. The dandy horse, an English nickname for what was first called a Laufmaschine ("running machine" in German), then a vélocipède or draisienne (in French and then English), and then a pedestrian curricle or hobby-horse, [1] or swiftwalker, [2] is a human-powered ...

  3. Animal Farm - Wikipedia

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    Animal Farm is a satirical allegorical novella, in the form of a beast fable, [1] by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. [2] [3] It tells the story of a group of anthropomorphic farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy.

  4. Karl Drais - Wikipedia

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    Drais was unable to market his inventions for profit because he was still a civil servant of Baden, even though he was being paid without providing active service. As a result, on 12 January 1818, Drais was awarded a grand-ducal privilege (Großherzogliches Privileg) to protect his inventions for 10 years in Baden by the younger Grand Duke Karl ...

  5. George Orwell - Wikipedia

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    Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was a British novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell.His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism (i.e. to both left-wing authoritarian communism and to right-wing fascism), and support of democratic socialism.

  6. List of fictional horses - Wikipedia

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    The Black (Stallion), from a series of 21 books by Walter Farley beginning with The Black Stallion (1941) Blaze, from a series of children's books by Clarence William Anderson, beginning with Billy and Blaze (1936) Blessing, Celeste's first horse in The Secret Horse by Gina Bertaina [2] Boxer, Mollie, and Clover, from Animal Farm by George Orwell

  7. Draisine - Wikipedia

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    It is the first reliable claim for a practically used precursor to the bicycle, basically the first commercially successful two-wheeled, steerable, human-propelled machine, nicknamed hobby-horse or dandy horse. [1] Drais's dandy horse, called Draisine in German, whose name was inherited by the rail vehicle. (drawing published in 1817.)

  8. George Orwell bibliography - Wikipedia

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    The Complete Works of George Orwell – Volume 19: It Is What I Think: 1947–1948: Book 1986 — Published by Secker and Warburg in 1986, later reprinted in 1999; volumes one to nine are reprintings of Orwell's non-fiction books and novels The Complete Works of George Orwell – Volume 20: Our Job Is to Make Life Worth Living: 1949–1950 ...

  9. Anthems in Animal Farm - Wikipedia

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    George Orwell's 1945 allegorical novel Animal Farm contains various anthems adopted by the eponymous farm, most notably the original anthem "Beasts of England" and its later replacement "Comrade Napoleon". The later song "Comrade Napoleon" praises Napoleon and fails to represent freedom at all.

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