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Captain James Cook monument. The Vache is the site of a monument to Captain James Cook, erected by Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser. [13]'To the memory of Captain James Cook/the ablest and most renowned Navigator this or any country hath produced', 'He raised himself solely by his merit/from a very obscure birth, to the rank/of a Post Captain in the Royal Navy, and/was unfortunately killed by the ...
The horse has the peculiarity of being associated with each of the three constituent elements (air, water and fire) and the stars (sun and moon), appearing as their avatar or friend. Unlike the other three elements, which correspond to the etymology of the horse as an animal in motion, the earth appears far removed from its symbolism. [ 152 ]
The cockney rhyming slang term "chalfonts", meaning haemorrhoids (piles), is derived from the name of the village. [3] The village has a duck pond that is fed by the River Misbourne. The village sign was designed and painted by Doreen Wilcockson ARCA in 2001. [citation needed] Chalfont St Giles is famous for the poet Milton’s only surviving ...
Cloth Of Stars is also the kind of horse to act on the course at Epsom and improving all the time, winning going away today." [11] On 31 May Godolphin paid a supplementary fee of £75,000 to enter Cloth of Stars in the Epsom Derby. [12] Four days later Cloth of Stars started 8/1 fourth choice in a sixteen-runner field for the Derby.
Bayard, by the late 13th century, also acquired common usage as a name for any bay-coloured horse (reddish-brown coat with black mane and tail) and lost some of his lustre as a magic heroic horse. The name "Bayard" became associated in English literature with a clownish, blind and foolish horse.
Byers’ Choice Ltd. is an American family owned and operated manufacturer of Christmas figures and holiday decorations located in Chalfont, Pennsylvania. [1] The company is best known for its line of Caroler figures. [2] It is a Subchapter S Corporation, [3] and manufactures its product in the United States.
Bucephalus (/ b juː. ˈ s ɛ. f ə. l ə s /; Ancient Greek: Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς, romanized: Būcephắlās; c. 355 BC – June 326 BC) or Bucephalas, was the horse of Alexander the Great, and one of the most famous horses of classical antiquity. [1]
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search.