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Napoleon Bonaparte [b] (born Napoleone Buonaparte; [1] [c] 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.
Another Bob Dylan song, "Like a Rolling Stone", from his seminal album Highway 61 Revisited references Napoleon: "You used to be so amused/At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used". The Kinks song "Powerman" from their 1970 album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One references Napoleon: "People tried to conquer the world ...
For his handcart's load, which comprised rags, furs, shoes, scrap car parts, a settee and other furniture, Bibby made about £2. [21] Shoddy and Mungo manufacture in West Yorkshire continued into the 1950s and the rag man would set up his cart in local streets and weigh the wool or rags brought by the women whom they then paid.
Napoleon Bonaparte. La charmante (the charming [woman]) mange/scabies Le Cheval Brutal (Brutal Horse) Horse artillery. La Côte de Boeuf (Rib of Ox) A sabre. Les Cousins de l'Empereur (The Emperor's cousins) Corsicans. Un Crâne (Skull, referring to the brain within) An experienced campaigner. Le Crucifix à Ressort (Springed Crucifix) A pistol ...
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines it as "the lowest stratum of the proletariat. Used originally in Marxist theory to describe those members of the proletariat, especially criminals, vagrants, and the unemployed, who lacked awareness of their collective interest as an oppressed class."
Rags (dog) (1916–1936), 1st Infantry Division (United States) mascot in World War I The Rag (club) , alternative name for the Army and Navy Club in London Ragioniere or rag. , an Italian honorific for a school graduate in business economics
Scott’s “Napoleon” is not the first big-budget Hollywood attempt to bring the French emperor to the big screen. Stanley Kubrick famously tried and failed to get a Napoleon movie off the ground.
An 1807 satirical painting by James Gillray showing King George III of the United Kingdom saying "bring in the papists!". The words Popery (adjective Popish) and Papism (adjective Papist, also used to refer to an individual) are mainly historical pejorative words in the English language for Roman Catholicism, once frequently used by Protestants and Eastern Orthodox Christians to label their ...