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The B-side on an original 45 rpm single. The B-side "Sir B. McKenzie's Daughter's Lament For The 77th Mounted Lancers Retreat From The Straits Of Loch Knombe, In The Year Of Our Lord 1727, On The Occasion Of The Announcement Of Her Marriage To The Laird Of Kinleakie" is actually a medley of three tunes: "Da Scalloway Lasses" (Trad.), "The Kilfenora" (Trad.) and "Boston Tea Party" (by Dave ...
John Randolph (1727 – January 31, 1784) was an American lawyer and politician from Williamsburg in the British colony of Virginia. He served as king's attorney for Virginia from 1766 until he left for Britain at the outset of the American Revolution .
Newton died in his sleep in London on 20 March 1727 (OS 20 March 1726; NS 31 March 1727). [a] He was given a ceremonial funeral, attended by nobles, scientists, and philosophers, and was buried in Westminster Abbey among kings and queens. He was the first scientist to be buried in the abbey. [133] Voltaire may have been present at his funeral ...
In 1727, Daniel Defoe wrote in The Complete English Tradesman: "In the good old days of Trade, which our Fore-fathers plodded on in." [6] In this part of his book, Defoe talks about how in 'the good old days' tradesmen were better off than in Defoe's time.
As of 2016, there are seven nuns and four brothers in the congregation. Banners throughout the country proclaimed "A saint rises up in Lebanon!" heralding the first church in the world outside of Italy dedicated to Saint Veronica Giuliani. The newly built church, in Ksaibe, Lebanon, was consecrated on 9 July 2016, the saint's feast day. [7]
Alexander Pope, circa 1727. Anonymous, Several Copies of Verses on Occasion of Mr. Gulliver's Travels, often attributed to Alexander Pope, but perhaps composed by Pope as well as John Gay and John Arbuthnot [1] Henry Baker, The Universe, a Poem intended to restrain the Pride of Man; Elizabeth Boyd, writing under the pen name, "Louisa", Variety [1]
1727 English cricket season: Events from the year 1727 in Great Britain. This year sees a change of monarch. Incumbents. Monarch – George I (until 11 June), ...
William Samuel Johnson (October 7, 1727 – November 14, 1819) was an American Founding Father and statesman. He attended all of the four founding American Congresses: the Stamp Act Congress in 1765, the Congress of the Confederation in 1785–1787, the United States Constitutional Convention in 1787 where he was chairman of the Committee of Style that drafted the final version of the United ...