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Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin[a] (Russian: Сергей Александрович Есенин, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ jɪˈsʲenʲɪn]; 3 October [O.S. 21 September] 1895 – 28 December 1925), sometimes spelled as Esenin, was a Russian lyric poet. He is one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th ...
It is God's way. His will be done." [ 1 ][ note 1 ] — William McKinley, president of the United States (14 September 1901), dying after being shot on 6 September. "My last words to you, my son and successor, are: Never trust the Russians." [ 3 ] — Abdur Rahman Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1 October 1901), to Habibullah Khan.
Hebrew. This form of greeting was traditional among the Ashkenazi Jewish communities of Eastern Europe. The appropriate response is " Aleichem Shalom " (עֲלֵיכֶם שָׁלוֹם) or "Upon you be peace." (cognate with the Arabic-language "assalamu alaikum" meaning "The peace [of ] be upon you.)" L'hitraot.
In English, there are formal and informal ways of saying goodbye.Additionally, in day-to-day speech, English-speaking people sometimes use foreign parting phrases, such as the French terms au revoir or bon voyage, German terms auf Wiedersehen or tschüss, Hawaiian term aloha, Italian terms arrivederci or ciao, Japanese term sayōnara, or Spanish terms adiós, hasta luego, hasta mañana, or ...
Victorian letter writing guides. As the use of letters increased in popularity, guides began to emerge on how to correctly write and form a letter and as to what was proper, and what was not. Many of these Victorian conventions are a way of understanding tensions in nineteenth-century England, such as the urge to speak from the heart, but never ...
Not to be confused with malediction. A valediction (derivation from Latin vale dicere, "to say farewell"), [1] or complimentary close in American English, [2] is an expression used to say farewell, especially a word or phrase used to end a letter or message, [3][4] or a speech made at a farewell. [3]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Goodbye My Friend may refer to: "Goodbye My Friend", a song by ...
t. e. Washington's Farewell Address[1] is a letter written by President George Washington as a valedictory to "friends and fellow-citizens" after 20 years of public service to the United States. [2] He wrote it near the end of the second term of his presidency before retiring to his home at Mount Vernon in Virginia.