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The Old Man and his Sons (Faroese: Feðgar á ferð) is a novel by Faroese writer Heðin Brú, first published in 1940. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It tells the tale of the transformation of a rural society into a modern nation of fisheries and the conflicts between generations that result.
The moral drawn from the fable by Babrius was that "Brotherly love is the greatest good in life and often lifts the humble higher". In his emblem book Hecatomgraphie (1540), Gilles Corrozet reflected on it that if there can be friendship among strangers, it is even more of a necessity among family members. [4]
He married 46 more Zulu women and fathered 33 sons and 46 daughters. [137] 106–115: Saud of Saudi Arabia: King Saud, son of Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, lived 1902–1969. According to one source he had 52 sons and about 54 daughters from 'a wider range of women' than his father (who had 22 wives); [138] however, another source credited him with ...
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Sir Francis Buller-Yarde-Buller, 2nd Bt. of Churston Court, British aristocrat, born to Sir Francis Buller and his wife, Susanna (née Yarde), he incorporated his mother's maiden name into his own. His own son and heir, John, changed the surname to Yarde-Buller, dropping the first "Buller", and the name has remained in this form ever since.
Ernest Miller Hemingway (/ ˈ h ɛ m ɪ ŋ w eɪ / HEM-ing-way; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle and outspoken, blunt public image.
Generous Dealing of Yahya Son of Khalid with a Man Who Forged a Letter in his Name (307) Caliph Al-Maamun and the Strange Scholar (308) Ali Shar and Zumurrud (309–327) The Loves of Jubayr bin Umayr and the Lady Budur (328–334) The Man of Al-Yaman and His Six Slave-Girls (335–338) Harun al-Rashid and the Damsel and Abu Nowas (339–340)
Allen as a senior at Midwood High School in Brooklyn in 1953. Allen was born Allan Stewart Konigsberg [25] at Mount Eden Hospital in Bronx, New York City, on November 30, 1935, [a] [26] [27] to Nettie (née Cherry; 1906–2002), a bookkeeper at her family's delicatessen, and Martin Konigsberg (1900–2001), [28] a jewelry engraver and waiter. [29]