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Poems on Several Occasions (Matthew Prior) by Matthew Prior, 1707, 1709, 1718, 1721; Poems on Several Occasions (Henry Carey) by Henry Carey, 1713; Poems on Several Occasions (John Gay) by John Gay, 1720; Poems on Several Occasions (Christopher Smart) by Christopher Smart, 1752; Poems on Several Occasions (Michael Bruce) by Michael Bruce, 1770
Poems on Several Occasions was a poetry collection, published by the intellectual feminist, Lady Mary Chudleigh in 1703. [1] The primary subject of the collection is the joys of friendship between women when that friendship is based on shared morals and shared intellectual pursuits; although, there are also poems on various other topics.
Titlepage to 1645 Poems, with frontispiece depicting Milton surrounded by four muses, designed by William Marshall. Milton's 1645 Poems is a collection, divided into separate English and Latin sections, of John Milton's youthful poetry in a variety of genres, including such notable works as An Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity, Comus and Lycidas.
Sermon 128: Free Grace - Romans 8:32, Bristol, 1740 Sermon 129: Cause and Cure of Earthquakes - Isaiah 10 :4, first published 1750 Sermon 130: National Sins and Miseries - 2 Samuel 24:16, St. Matthew's , Bethnal Green , preached on Sunday, 12 November 12 1775 "for the benefit of the widows and orphans of the soldiers who lately fell, near ...
It continued to be adapted on several occasions for BBC Radio, including 1956 by Dennis Main Wilson and broadcast on New Year's Day. It starred Tony Hancock as Fotheringay. [4] The story idea was used as the basis for director Terry Jones's 2015 film Absolutely Anything. [5]
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
After gaining these siddhis, Devadatta attempted to murder the Buddha on several occasions, commonly thought to be motivated by jealousy of the Buddha's power. He is reported to have rolled a boulder toward the Buddha, injured his foot, and to have incited an elephant to charge at the Buddha and his disciples but was subdued by the Buddha.