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Sur les femmes (Essay on Women) is an essay by Denis Diderot published in Correspondance littéraire in 1772. [1] It contains a response to Antoine Léonard Thomas 's Essay on the Character, Morals, and Mind of Women in Different Centuries , which was also published in 1772, and includes Diderot's own views on the subject.
The Battle of Agincourt as depicted in the 15th century 'St Albans Chronicle' by Thomas Walsingham. The St Crispin's Day speech is a part of William Shakespeare's history play Henry V, Act IV Scene iii(3) 18–67.
From activists like Milk and Rivera to famous figures like Elton John and Miley Cyrus, here are 60 inspiring Pride Month quotes from LGBTQ+ celebrities, writers, thought leaders, and allies. Pride ...
"Here lies one whose name was written in hot water." [12]: 22 — Robbie Ross, Canadian-British journalist, art critic and art dealer (5 October 1918), referring to the inscription on John Keats' grave ("Here lies One Whose Name was writ in Water"). "It's all right Cowling; we've got them stone cold." [105]
Here he learned French, which became his second language – although he always spoke it with a German accent. He also acquired a lifelong love for Rhenish folklore. [6] In 1814 Heine went to a business school in Düsseldorf where he learned to read English, the commercial language of the time. [7]
La Henriade is an epic poem of 1723 written by the French Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire.According to Voltaire himself, the poem concerns and was written in honour of the life of Henry IV of France, and is a celebration of his life. [1]
"Love means never having to say you're sorry" is a catchphrase based on a line from the Erich Segal novel Love Story and was popularized by its 1970 film adaptation starring Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal. The line is spoken twice in the film: once in the middle of the film, by Jennifer Cavalleri (MacGraw's character), when Oliver Barrett (O'Neal ...
"Love does not make you weak, because it is the source of all strength, but it makes you see the nothingness of the illusory strength on which you depended before you knew it." [17] "There is only one tragedy in the end, not to have been a saint." [18] "But I love Paris, which is the place of intelligence, and I feel Paris threatened by this ...