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The first verse refers to God the Father fixing limits for the sea as described in Job 38:8-11 and Psalm 104:6-9. The second verse refers to Jesus' miracles of calming the storm in Matthew 8:23-27 , Mark 4:35:41 , and Luke 8:22-25 and walking on the waters of the Sea of Galilee in Mark 6:45-53 , Matthew 14:22-34 , and John 6:15-21 .
Henry of Huntingdon tells the story as one of three examples of Canute's "graceful and magnificent" behaviour (outside of his bravery in warfare), [1] the other two being his arrangement of the marriage of his daughter to the later Holy Roman Emperor and the negotiation of a reduction in tolls on the roads across Gaul to Rome at the imperial coronation of 1027.
Winston Churchill took over as Prime Minister on 10 May 1940, eight months after the outbreak of World War II in Europe.He had done so as the head of a multiparty coalition government, which had replaced the previous government (led by Neville Chamberlain) as a result of dissatisfaction with the conduct of the war, demonstrated by the Norway debate on the Allied evacuation of Southern Norway.
41. "Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.” — Arthur Schopenhauer. 42. "Many people long for a father's love. I had it.
by sea and by land: Motto of the Royal Marines and (with small difference) of Clan Donald and the Compagnies Franches de la Marine: per mensem (pm.) by month: Thus, "per month", or "monthly" per multum cras, cras, crebro dilabitur aetas: what can be done today should not be delayed: per os (p.o.) through the mouth: Medical shorthand for "by ...
closed sea: In law, a sea under the jurisdiction of one nation and closed to all others. Mare Ditat, Rosa Decorat: The sea enriches, the rose adorns: Motto of Montrose, Angus and HMS Montrose: mare liberum: free sea: In law, a sea open to international shipping navigation. mare nostrum: our sea
Peace in Our Time is the title of a 1947 stage play by Noël Coward.Set in an alternative 1940, the Battle of Britain has been lost, the Germans have supremacy in the air and the United Kingdom is under Nazi occupation.
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