Monday, September 17, 2007
RANDOM EB POST
BRITANNICUS- son of mperor claudius and messalina. 42 ad. originally Claudius Tiberius Germanicus. called B in honor of that conquest. til 48, considered C's heir, til mom's execution. agrippina, C's new wife soon persuaded to pass over B and make her son Lucius Domitus(nero) his heir. Nero poisoned B at 14. built a pire the same night, even tho a great deluge of rain.
BRONTE, Charlotte b 1816. father a reverend. 2 older sisters, 1 brother and 2 younger sister. Mother died after moving to Bradford parish and the children left to educate and train themselves. father's health bad. saw little of him. no children of their age. created own world. bleak moors and few people. by 13, char already weaving tales and thinking narratively. all the family partian in stories. 1824, older girls went to a school, which they didn't like, they soon got sickly and came home and died in 1825.
went to europe with Emily to learn french
Brother became hopeless drunk.
1846, a book of poetry by the sisters under name bell published. not much attention, but encouraged to write.
3 novels. wuthering heights, agnes grey published, and charlotte-the professor, not accepted. Jane eyre next in 1847.
Immediate success. but identity secret. brother dies in 1848 and emily and ann soon followed him in 1848 and 1849.
Charlotte had written shirley at this time. the disclosure of her identity, introduced her into literary society. she met prominent men, but her former life made this attention painful and she escaped home. and then bad health. finished Villette, published 1853. 1854, married her father's curate, reverend Nicholls and for a time enjoyed domestic life, but her sickly constitution took her also in 1855. posthumously The Professor published.
compairs Bronte to Austin. austin better at plot, but characters richer in B's.
briefly emily-wutheing heights a literary curiosity.
Anne-little power or genius.
talks of new 'edition of 1875 of the 'big 3' of the sister's books.
BRONZE- mostly particulars of alloys in roman and greek coins. and bronze sculptures. alloy of tin and copper.
BROOCH/BROACH-from french broche, an awl or bodkin. a spit sometimes. called broach and hence the phrase- to broach a barrel. used thru.antiquity. description of different groups broaches.
BROOKLYN, city of US. opposite NYC(central park on map). looks smaller.
traffic to city by tramway lines before steam ferries, IS TO BE RENDERED MORE CONVENIENT BY A LARGE BRIDGE in coursse of construction. this bridge, which crosses the east river near it's western extremity, is 85 ft verticle and has a river span of 1576 ft and a total length of 5989 ft. cost estimated to exceed $13 million.
1st settlement of Breuckelen in 1636, when a few Wallon took residence on the spot that still bears name of Wall-about(Walabogt or wallon's bay. enlish and dutch settler's followed. 1689 po. 509(65 slaves). 1776 a battlesite. in 1816 incorporated into village. in 1834 became chartered. in 1855 pop. 205,250. in 1876, est 500,000.
BROUWER, Adrian-dutch painter 1608-1640 no paintings found. bummer. only 32 when died.
BROWN, Charles Brockden 1st american novelist admired in europe. b 1771-1810. quaker parents.
BROWN, John american abolitionist, originator of the Harper's Ferry insurrection. b 1800. was to be churchman, but gave up because of eye inflammation. Tanner for 20 years. unsuccessful, tried wool trade in ohio in 1840. failing, moved to NY in 1849 and began reclaiming land granted to him. 2 years later returned to ohio and wool trade. in 1855 w/ 5 sons, went to Kansas and became a prominent anti-slavery man.
reknown for cross border warfare, which went on between kansas and missouri and gained celebrity by victory at Ossowahomie. at this time, got idea of arming the slaves and inciting them to revolt. 1st step, seize arsenal from Harper's ferry. on 16 oct, 1859, he and a handful of well-armed resolute men, overpowered said arsenal. then he made prisoners of tehe chief men in town, but slaves did not revolt as expected(iWaq?). townsmen then acted and on 18th, arsenal recaptured and brow wounded and taken prisoner. oct 27th tried for treason and murder, found guilty. death by hanging on dec. 2.
BRITANNICUS- son of mperor claudius and messalina. 42 ad. originally Claudius Tiberius Germanicus. called B in honor of that conquest. til 48, considered C's heir, til mom's execution. agrippina, C's new wife soon persuaded to pass over B and make her son Lucius Domitus(nero) his heir. Nero poisoned B at 14. built a pire the same night, even tho a great deluge of rain.
BRONTE, Charlotte b 1816. father a reverend. 2 older sisters, 1 brother and 2 younger sister. Mother died after moving to Bradford parish and the children left to educate and train themselves. father's health bad. saw little of him. no children of their age. created own world. bleak moors and few people. by 13, char already weaving tales and thinking narratively. all the family partian in stories. 1824, older girls went to a school, which they didn't like, they soon got sickly and came home and died in 1825.
went to europe with Emily to learn french
Brother became hopeless drunk.
1846, a book of poetry by the sisters under name bell published. not much attention, but encouraged to write.
3 novels. wuthering heights, agnes grey published, and charlotte-the professor, not accepted. Jane eyre next in 1847.
Immediate success. but identity secret. brother dies in 1848 and emily and ann soon followed him in 1848 and 1849.
Charlotte had written shirley at this time. the disclosure of her identity, introduced her into literary society. she met prominent men, but her former life made this attention painful and she escaped home. and then bad health. finished Villette, published 1853. 1854, married her father's curate, reverend Nicholls and for a time enjoyed domestic life, but her sickly constitution took her also in 1855. posthumously The Professor published.
compairs Bronte to Austin. austin better at plot, but characters richer in B's.
briefly emily-wutheing heights a literary curiosity.
Anne-little power or genius.
talks of new 'edition of 1875 of the 'big 3' of the sister's books.
BRONZE- mostly particulars of alloys in roman and greek coins. and bronze sculptures. alloy of tin and copper.
BROOCH/BROACH-from french broche, an awl or bodkin. a spit sometimes. called broach and hence the phrase- to broach a barrel. used thru.antiquity. description of different groups broaches.
BROOKLYN, city of US. opposite NYC(central park on map). looks smaller.
traffic to city by tramway lines before steam ferries, IS TO BE RENDERED MORE CONVENIENT BY A LARGE BRIDGE in coursse of construction. this bridge, which crosses the east river near it's western extremity, is 85 ft verticle and has a river span of 1576 ft and a total length of 5989 ft. cost estimated to exceed $13 million.
1st settlement of Breuckelen in 1636, when a few Wallon took residence on the spot that still bears name of Wall-about(Walabogt or wallon's bay. enlish and dutch settler's followed. 1689 po. 509(65 slaves). 1776 a battlesite. in 1816 incorporated into village. in 1834 became chartered. in 1855 pop. 205,250. in 1876, est 500,000.
BROUWER, Adrian-dutch painter 1608-1640 no paintings found. bummer. only 32 when died.
BROWN, Charles Brockden 1st american novelist admired in europe. b 1771-1810. quaker parents.
BROWN, John american abolitionist, originator of the Harper's Ferry insurrection. b 1800. was to be churchman, but gave up because of eye inflammation. Tanner for 20 years. unsuccessful, tried wool trade in ohio in 1840. failing, moved to NY in 1849 and began reclaiming land granted to him. 2 years later returned to ohio and wool trade. in 1855 w/ 5 sons, went to Kansas and became a prominent anti-slavery man.
reknown for cross border warfare, which went on between kansas and missouri and gained celebrity by victory at Ossowahomie. at this time, got idea of arming the slaves and inciting them to revolt. 1st step, seize arsenal from Harper's ferry. on 16 oct, 1859, he and a handful of well-armed resolute men, overpowered said arsenal. then he made prisoners of tehe chief men in town, but slaves did not revolt as expected(iWaq?). townsmen then acted and on 18th, arsenal recaptured and brow wounded and taken prisoner. oct 27th tried for treason and murder, found guilty. death by hanging on dec. 2.
