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Vienna, 1753. The young Empress Maria Theresa wants to be a shining example for her compatriots, whose morality worries her. Above all, "window-slinging" young men, i.e. those gentlemen who enter the sleeping rooms of presumably chaste, innocent, young ladies at night, arouse her anger.
There are a number of theories as to what the panel is intended to represent. Some art historians think the sleeping knight represents the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus (185–129 BC) who, according to Cicero's Somnium Scipionis, dreamed that he had to choose between Virtue (behind whom is a steep and rocky path) and Pleasure (in looser robes).
The Innocent Sleep is a 1996 British thriller film directed by Scott Michell and starring Rupert Graves, Michael Gambon and Franco Nero. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In the film, a homeless man witnesses a gangland killing and becomes a target himself; the film is inspired by the Roberto Calvi murder.
An innocent young man, Orphan, is an idealist trying to survive the cold and his tough world ("Orphan In The Storm"), but the Revelers taunt him. Potemkin, disguised as a tramp, befriends Orphan, who relates that his orphanage was purchased and eventually destroyed by a Mr. Rich. Orphan wants to find Rich to persuade him to restore the garden ...
Franklin Evans; or The Inebriate: A Tale of the Times, the first novel written by Walt Whitman, is the rags-to-riches story of Franklin Evans.Franklin Evans starts as an innocent young man, leaving Long Island to come to New York City for the opportunity to better himself.
A.D. 2024—The United States. Twenty-seven degrees in a Port-A-Jon, the seat freezing my ass. I’m in the dark with a little flashlight. Chemically treated feces and urine splash up onto my anus.
According to several statements posted to social media and shared with the press, a vague portrait has begun to emerge of a young man who complained of chronic back pain and may have undergone ...
Tony gets worn out by the insatiable demands of the Baroness and befriends an innocent young passenger called Véronique, who says she is going to Tahiti to claim her inheritance and will not sleep with him. Once at Tahiti, the Baroness finds herself a new young man and, jealous of Tony's attentions to Véronique, slings him and Bob off the boat.