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Booth wrote In Darkest England while his wife, Catherine Booth, lay ill.Catherine died two weeks before the book was published. Booth wrote a tribute to Catherine in the book's preface, expressing his gratitude that "amid the ceaseless suffering of a dreadful malady, my dying wife found relief in considering and developing the suggestions which I have set forth".
Stanley was born on September 25, 1932 in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in the midst of the Great Depression. [5] His parents were Charles Frazier "Charlie" Stanley, Sr. (April 27, 1904 – June 18, 1933) and Rebecca Susan Hall (nee Hardy, formerly Stanley; October 10, 1908 – November 29, 1992).
"Well, if it must be so." [12]: 37 [28] — Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer and pianist (4 September 1907) "I perished in latitude 79° north under the hardships of the return journey over the inland ice in November. I reached this place under a waning moon, and cannot go on, because of my frozen feet and the darkness.
The law is an ass (from English writer Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist) The leopard does not change his spots; The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing; The light is on but nobody is home; The longest day must have an end; The longest journey starts with a single step; The Moon is made of green cheese; The more the merrier
Henry Stanley is a fearless newspaper reporter ready to do whatever it takes to get a story, no matter how dangerous. Colonel Grimes tells two peace commissioners sent from Washington DC that he cannot permit them to try to contact the Indians of the Wyoming Territory of 1870, as it would be suicidal, only to have Stanley emerge from the wilderness, escorted by a band of the natives and his ...
"I feel that I must come like the poor publican, like the thief on the cross, and like Mary Magdalene. I must come to the foot of the cross and be saved just in the same manner as they." [9]: 174 — Benjamin Parsons, English congregational minister (10 January 1855) "Thee while the first Archangel sings, He hides his face behind his wings."
The Jets made a series of big moves to try to right the ship. None of them did, and they now sit 2-6 as losers of five straight. Time to fix things is slipping away fast, but Rodgers and Co. are ...
"Beware of Darkness" was one of the more recent songs included on All Things Must Pass, George Harrison's first post-Beatles solo album, and his first to consist of songs. [1] [2] When playing it to Phil Spector, his co-producer, in May 1970, he introduced it as "the last one I wrote, the other day".