Battle of the Nile Casabian ca and the doomed Orient fate
A historical sketch recounts the 1798 Battle of the Nile with Casablanca son of Orient’s commodore on board. It covers Napoleon Bonaparte’s voyage, Bourrienne’s memoirs, Nelson’s leadership, the blow to the Orient, its explosion, and the fates of Brueys and Casablanca as British boats rescue no one from the flagship.
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Toulon
Burgundy
Louis Antoine Vauvelet de Bourrienne
Richt
Napoleon
Affea
Bourrienne
Rueys
Nelson
Syracuse
Berry
Westminster Abbey
Orient
Brueys
Louis Casablanca
Stain Hallowell
Swiftsure
London Globe
Parrot Replaced for Bills in Philadelphia Dish
In West Philadelphia a husband, after dinner, sits with a cigar as his wife removes the parrot and brings in envelopes. She explains she fears the bird would set a bad example while presenting bills for dressmaking and millinery, prompting surprise and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Philadelphia
Mary
Wifey
Philadelphia Telegraph
Early European Diving Bell Use Traces
The text notes Aristotle mentioning a head bell for divers without proof of ancient use. John Jaesnier, in the early 1500s, first cites practical diving bell use in Europe. Likely the bell was first used to salvage the Spanish Armada treasure off the English coast around 1590 and after.
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Aristotle
John Jaesnier
Europe
Ambition shifts from owning car to selling it
A worried man recalls his former dream of owning a motor car and confides that his current ambition is to sell it, revealing a pivot in priorities as noted by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Chicago
Philadelphia Inquirer
Engagement Motives Stir Comment in Quiet Town
A young woman confronts a friend asking why she agreed to marry Herbert. The reply is blunt and unexpected, confessing love does not drive the match while a rival named Jones girl is said to be in love with Herbert.
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Herbert
Jones
Notable Confrontation Cited in Houston Post
A quoted exchange shows a father challenging a youth over accusations in the neighborhood. The man declares if the boy were a man someone would be punished, and orders the boy to remove his coat as a showdown looms in the street.
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Houston Post
Infinitude of tenderness cited as inheritance of great men
Quote notes that tenderness is the chief gift of great men, attributed to Puskin, highlighting a noble virtue as a lasting inheritance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puskin
Diamond Cutting Legend and the Sancy Diamond Tale
The article traces Louis de Berquem's alleged method of facet cutting, Charles the Timid’s famous night lamp diamond, and the Sancy diamond’s convoluted ascent through European royal hands. It covers early cutting practices, dispersal of the Sancy, and the social notion of “Esquire” in London.
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Louis de Berquem
Charles the
Loula
Louis Bethought
Timid
Louis XI
Charles the Timid
Berquem
Nancy
Florence
Portugal
Henri III
Nicholas de Harlay
Sancy
Louis
Duke of Anjou
Paris
Duke of Burgundy
Louvre
Dole
Baron de Sancy
Rusa
New York World
Beneath Him A Millionaire Backs Chefs Too Loud
A New York multimillionaire recalls a Paris cafe era and a famed chef who boasted a dinner for 200. He describes the chef’s independence and loud menus as he shares an episode of driving in a park with two French dancers after the feast.
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New York
Cafe Royal
Paris
Mixed Metaphor Echoes in London Standard Note
The London Standard surveys political speech cliches with a Norman punctuation, noting moisture in tobacco as a thorny subject and a harvest sown returning home to roost. It cites Austen Chamberlain and others using mixed metaphors about governance and red tape in a light editorial tone.
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Ritchie
Austen Chamberlain
Liberal Union Club
William Jari-Dyke
Lowlers
Janes Lowther
Labor
House of Lords
London Standard
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