Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
The famous opening line of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's (anonymous) novel, Paul Clifford, published this year, begins: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the ...
The following list of cowboys and cowgirls from the frontier era of the American Old West (circa 1830 to 1910) was compiled to show examples of the cowboy and cowgirl genre. Cattlemen, ranchers, and cowboys
The 1830s (pronounced "eighteen-thirties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1830, and ended on December 31, 1839.. In this decade, the world saw a rapid rise of imperialism and colonialism, particularly in Asia and Africa.
Patrick Henry Jones (1830–1900), American lawyer, public servant and postmaster of New York City Robley D. Jones (1860–1917), American politician and judge Theodore T. Jones (1944–2012), Judge of New York State's Court of Appeals
Notable orphans and foundlings include world leaders, celebrated writers, entertainment greats, figures in science and business, as well as innumerable fictional characters in literature and comics. While the exact definition of orphan and foundlings varies, one legal definition is a child bereft through "death or disappearance of, abandonment ...
List of years in poetry; List of years in literature; 19th century in poetry; 19th century in literature; Golden Age of Russian Poetry (1800–1850) Weimar Classicism period in Germany, commonly considered to have begun in 1788 and to have ended either in 1805, with the death of Friedrich Schiller, or 1832, with the death of Goethe; Lists of poets
Anna Bishop (1810–1884), English operaric soprano, aunt of Briton Riviere, believed to be the inspiration for the title character in George du Maurier's Trilby. [42] Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), American actor, descended from Huguenot refugees in the Netherlands. [116] [117] Dion Boucicault (1820–1890), Irish actor and playwright. [118]