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Antoine Galland (French: [ɑ̃twan ɡalɑ̃]; 4 April 1646 – 17 February 1715) was a French orientalist and archaeologist, most famous as the first European translator of One Thousand and One Nights, which he called Les mille et une nuits.
The Gallant Pimpernel is a collection of four of The Scarlet Pimpernel novels in a single binding published in 1939. Contents. Scarlet Pimpernel Omnibus.
Lusty gallant is a colour that originated in 16th century Elizabethan England. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Named after a popular Tudor dance (which in turn came from a ballad ), [ 3 ] [ 4 ] it is a shade of light pink.
Ology is the debut studio album by American R&B singer Gallant.It was released on April 6, 2016, by Mind of a Genius Records and Warner Bros. Records. [4] The album was supported by the singles "Weight in Gold" and "Skipping Stones", featuring Jhené Aiko.
On a square rigged sailing vessel, a topgallant sail (topgallant alone pronounced "t'gallant", topgallant sail pronounced "t'garns'l", [1] is the square-rigged sail or sails immediately above the topsail or topsails. It is also known as a gallant or garrant sail. Later full-rigged ships split the topsail (and often the topgallant sail) for ...
Debussy, a lifelong admirer of Verlaine's poetry, had taken a copy of the collection with him when he went to study in Rome in 1885. [1] Although other composers, from Gabriel Fauré to Benjamin Britten set Verlaine's poetry, Debussy, according to the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , was the first composer of any importance to do so.
Gallantry may refer to: . military courage or bravery; Chivalry; Warrior ethos; Knightly Piety; the quality of being Galant, an ideal of upper-class grandiose or high living and refined merriment that arose in the Baroque period
Goofus and Gallant was created by Garry Cleveland Myers and was first featured in the magazine Children's Activities in 1940. According to family legend, the grandchildren of Myers and his wife Caroline, Kent Brown and Garry Cleveland Myers III, inspired the characters Goofus and Gallant respectively. [1]