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He blew with His winds, and they were scattered (Latin: Flavit et Dissipati Sunt) is a phrase used in the aftermath of the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. It referred to the storms in the northern Atlantic Ocean that destroyed much of the Armada, a large naval fleet commanded by the Duke of Medina Sidonia , after it retreated following an ...
The phrase Protestant Wind has been used in more than one context, notably: The storm that lashed the Spanish Armada in 1588. [1] The wind wrecked the Spanish fleet and thus saved England from invasion by the army of Philip II of Spain. The English made a commemorative medal saying 'He blew with His winds, and they were scattered'.
The lower basin has water lilies, lotus, and papyrus, inspired by an illustration in an 1891 book by Vaux's assistant and partner Samuel Parsons, the Superintendent of Planting in Central Park, [31] The base of the fountain was designed by Calvert Vaux, with sculptural details by Mould.
True for those exact words the number is about 40. The problem is, as explained in the article, that numerous corruptions have appeared. Try God breathed and they were scattered, or God blew with His winds, and they were scattered and the number rises to over 100.
Boreas was the one to try his luck first; but no matter how hard he blew, he could not remove the man's cloak, instead making him wrap his cloak around him even tighter. Helios shone bright then, and the traveller, overcome with the heat, removed his cloak, giving him the victory (the moral being that persuasion is better than force). [18]
Photographs taken near the time the obelisk was erected in the park show that the inscriptions or hieroglyphs, as depicted below with translation, [6]: Ch.XVII were still quite legible and date first from Thutmosis III (1479–1425 BC) and then nearly 300 years later, Ramesses II the Great (1279–1213 BC). The stone had stood in the clear dry ...
Excursion trains were run and crowds gathered for the ceremony, which was marked as a public holiday and banquet at the city's Guildhall. The memorial was inaugurated by the then Duke of Edinburgh, Alfred on 21 October 1890, with full civic pomp and imposing naval and military demonstration. [1] The memorial became a listed building on 1 May ...
Contrary winds frustrated attempts to progress from Flekkerøy. [10] The Gideon began to leak. Peder Munk told Anne that the hold was filling with water, despite the request of the two learned academics and diplomats Paul Knibbe and Niels Krag. Two ships, the Parrot and the Fighting Cock were scattered from the fleet. [11]