Beware ye people passing by, As you are now, so once was I, And as I am now, so must you be, Prepare for death and follow me. — (Birdville Cemetary, Haltom City, Texas) ...

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Scanderbeg had gathered quite a posthumous reputation in Western Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. With virtually all of the Balkans under Ottoman rule and with the Turks at the very gates of Vienna in 1683, nothing could have captivated readers in the West more than an action-packed tale of heroic Christian resistance to the Moslem hordes. Books on the Albanian prince began to appear in Western Europe in the early sixteenth century. One of the earliest of these histories to have circulated in Western Europe about the heroic ...

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Skanderbeg, Skanderbeg - Success in the Ottoman Army, Skanderbeg - Fighting for the Freedom of Albania, Skanderbeg - Papal Relations, Skanderbeg - Gjergj Kastriot's Legacy, Skanderbeg - Arms of Skanderbeg, Skanderbeg - Seal of Skanderbeg, Skanderbeg - Descendants, Skanderbeg - Epitaph, Skanderbeg - List of Skanderbeg's battles, Skanderbeg - Sources, Skanderbeg - Name Variants

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A death poem (辞世の句: jisei no ku) is a poem written near the time of one's own death. It is a tradition for literate persons to write one in a number of different cultures, especially in Japan. Poetry has long been a core part of Japanese tradition, in strong relation to religious practice. The poem should be graceful, natural, and about neutral emotions adhering to the teachings of Buddhism and Shinto (and possibly Christianity). Except the earliest works of this tradition, it has been considered to be rude to me ...

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Albert Sidney Johnston (February 2, 1803 – April 6, 1862) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Considered by some to be the finest general in the Confederacy, he was killed early in the war at the Battle of Shiloh. Albert Sidney Johnston - Early life. Johnston was born in Washington, Kentucky, the youngest son of Dr. John and Abigail Harris Johnston. His father was a native of Salisbury, Connecticut. Although Albert Johnston was born in Kentucky, he lived ...

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• Albert Sidney Johnston - Texas Army
• Albert Sidney Johnston - U.S. Army
• Albert Sidney Johnston - Civil War
• Albert Sidney Johnston - Shiloh
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Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar, or Bahadur Shah II (1775-1862), a.k.a. Bahadur Shah Zafar (Zafar was his nom de plume, or takhallus, as an Urdu poet), was the last of the Mughal emperors in India. He was born on October 24, 1775, and was the son of Akbar Shah II. He became the Mughal Emperor upon his father's death on September 28, 1838. Bahadur Shah II - Emperor and the Mutiny. Emperor Bahadur Shah II presided over a Mughal empire that stretched b ...

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• Bahadur Shah II - Legacy
• Bahadur Shah II - Descendants
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I. A chronogram is a sentence or inscription in which specific letters, interpreted as numerals, stand for a particular date when rearranged. The word, meaning "time writing," derives from the Greek words chronos ("time") and gramma ("letter"). Longer chronograms are referred to as chronosticha, if they are a hexameter, and chronodisticha if they are a distich. II. Also a magazine published in the Hudson Valley of New York, featuring politics and art. Chronogram - Roman numerals. Including:

• Chronogram - Roman numerals
• Chronogram - Hebrew numerals
• Chronogram - In Epitaphs
• Chronogram - In Books
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Inscriptions are words or letters written, engraved, painted, or otherwise traced on a surface and can appear in contexts both small and monumental. Coin texts and monumental carvings on buildings are both included by historians as types of inscriptions. The study of inscriptions is epigraphy. Inscription - Types of inscription. Abecedarium Chronogram Epitaph on a headstone Epigraph Ex libris Memento mori Monumental inscription ...

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Brett Gurewitz (aka: Mr. Brett and Brett Religion, born May 12, 1964) is a guitarist and songwriter in Bad Religion. He is also the owner of the record label Epitaph Records. Bad Religion was founded in 1980 with Greg Graffin, Jay Ziskrout and Jay Bentley and released their first album in 1981. He has produced albums for his own Bad Religion as well as Epitaph Records labelmates NOFX, Rancid and Pennywise, among others. He was replaced by Brian Baker in 1994 during the Stranger Than Fiction tour and started a new band, Daredevils, but rejoined Bad Religion in 2001 when they soon re ...

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Bad Religion is an influential punk rock band known for poignant, erudite lyrics, and biting social commentary. The band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1980 by high school students Greg Graffin (vocals), Jay Bentley (bass guitar), Jay Ziskrout (drums), and Brett Gurewitz (guitar). In 1981, the band released their eponymous debut EP on their own newly-formed label, Epitaph Records, managed and owned by Gurewitz. 1982 saw the release of their first full-length album, How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, gaining the band a sizeable following. During the recording of How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, Jay Ziskrout ...

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Bishop Wordsworth's School is a Church of England boys' day grammar school located in the centre of Salisbury, England. In 2002 there were 789 pupils aged between 11 and 18. The full name of the school is Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School for Boys, and is abbreviated BWS. The school's motto is Veritas in Caritate, or "Truth Through Caring", and originates from the epitaph of Bishop Wordsworth's father. Bishop Wordsworth's School - Entrance. Entry to the school is by e ...

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• Bishop Wordsworth's School - History
• Bishop Wordsworth's School - Houses
• Bishop Wordsworth's School - Faculty
• Bishop Wordsworth's School - Headmasters
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Back to the Known was the fourth release of punk band Bad Religion. It was a stylistic step backwards, after their unpopular 1983 LP, Into the Unknown. The band partially reunited in 1984 to produce this short EP. Bassist Paul Dedona did not participate. The EP had only five songs, and was just over ten minutes long. It was originally released in a 7" format, and was released as part of the 1991 compilation ' ...

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• Back to the Known - Personnel

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Bad Religion was the first release of punk band Bad Religion. It contained only six short songs, and played in just under ten minutes. It was released in a 7" format, and all the songs were later re-released on the 1991 compilation 80-85, and once again for the 2004 re-issue, How Could Hell Be Any Worse?. Bad Religion EP - Track Listing. Bad Religion Politics Sensory Overload Slaves Drastic Actions World War III Including:

• Bad Religion EP - Track Listing
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'80-'85 is Bad Religion's compilation album, released in November 1991 with a list of tracks from their older albums before the come-back of the 1987 release Suffer. '80-'85 - Track listing. "We're Only Gonna Die" "Latch Key Kids" "Part III" "Faith In God" "Fuck Armageddon...This Is Hell" "Pity" "In The Night" "Damned To Be Free" "White Trash (Second Generation)" "American Dream" < ...

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All Ages is Bad Religion's compilation album, released on November 7, 1995. It contains songs from 1987 to 1992 plus 2 songs from their first album How Could Hell Be Any Worse?. It does not have any songs from later albums – Recipe For Hate and Stranger Than Fiction because they were released for Atlantic Records. All Ages - Track listing. "I Want To Conquer The World" (from No Control) "Do What You Want" (Live Version) (from Suffer) Including:

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Actress Maila Nurmi (born December 21, 1921 in Petsamo, Finland - now Pechenga, Russia) portrayed "Vampira" in many shows, and starred in Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space. She was a close friend of James Dean's and had been acquainted with Marilyn Monroe when she was still called Norma Jean. She unsuccessfully sued Elvira for stealing her act. Maila Nurmi - Early Life. Born in Petsamo, Finland, she was the niece of a famous Finnish long-distance runner, Paavo Nurmi. Before moving to the Unite ...

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• Maila Nurmi - Early Life
• Maila Nurmi - As Vampira
• Maila Nurmi - Later Life
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Perhaps you meant War Memorial Stadium A war memorial is a building, monument, statue or other edifice to commemorate those who died, or been injured, in war. For most of human history war memorials were erected to commemorate great victories and remembering the dead was a secondary concern. The Arc de Triomphe or Nelson's Column contain no names of those killed. In modern times the intent of the war memorial is not to glorify war, but to honour those who have died, or been injured. This change occur ...

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Sacred to the memory of the Rev Thomas Robert Malthus, long known to the lettered world by his admirable writings on the social branches of political economy, particularly by his essay on population. One of the best men and truest philosophers of any age or country, raised by native dignity of mind above the misrepresentation of the ignorant and the neglect of the great, : ) he lived a serene and happy life devoted to the pursuit and communication of truth. Supported by a calm but firm conviction of the usefulness of his labors. Content with ...

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Thomas Malthus, Thomas Malthus - Life, Thomas Malthus - Principle of Population, Thomas Malthus - The influence of Malthus, Thomas Malthus - Criticisms of Malthus, Thomas Malthus - Epitaph

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In the summer of 1667, Borromini, suffering from nervous disorders and depression, committed suicide after the completion of the Falconieri chapel (the main chapel) in San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, where he was buried [4]. The primary inscription on Borromini's tomb, in San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, reads: FRANCISCVS BORROMINI TICINENSIS EQVES CHRISTI QVI IMPERITVRAE MEMORIAE ARCHITECTVS DIVINAM ARTIS SVAE VIM AD ROMAM MAGNIFICIS AEDIFICIIS EXORNANDAM VERTIT IN QVIBUS ORATORIVM PHILLIPINV ...

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Francesco Borromini, Francesco Borromini - Early Life and First Works, Francesco Borromini - Independent Works, Francesco Borromini - Death and Epitaph, Francesco Borromini - Anthology of Works

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The following poem was written by Bahadur Shah Zafar as his epitaph. Bahadur Shah II - In Urdu. Lagta nahiin hai jii mera ujray dayar mein Kis kii banii hai aalam-e-na-payedar mein Kah do in hasarataun se kahiin awr jaa basen Itanii jagah kahan hai dil-i daaghdaar mein Umr-i daraaz maang ke laaye the chaar din Do aarazu mein kat gaye do intizaar mein Hai kitana badanasiib Zafar dafn ke liye Do gaz zamiin bhii na milii ku-i yaar mein Ba ...

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Bahadur Shah II, Bahadur Shah II - Emperor and the Mutiny, Bahadur Shah II - Legacy, Bahadur Shah II - Descendants, Bahadur Shah II - Epitaph, Bahadur Shah II - In Urdu, Bahadur Shah II - English Translation, Bahadur Shah II - Another Verse:

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