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Britain
815 photosBritain is the name which is used to describe the current United Kingdom, the island country located off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe. The United Kingdom comprises the whole of the island of Great Britain—which contains England, Wales, and Scotland—as well as the northern portion of the island of Ireland. . -
Germany
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- What was the difference
- The last seen of Dale
- The boys call her 'The woman with sandwiches and Sympathy'
- What are those dots on the sun?
- The air-raid had not dampened her sense of humour
- The uprooted roots of an old tree
- Traveler, hast thou ever seen so great a grief as mine
- One night I had the privelege of seeing a plane caught by the searchlight
- A home among the mountains—Lucerne
- Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet. Two Lovers
MASTER OF THE AMSTERDAM CABINET. TWO LOVERS Size of the original engraving, 6½ × 4⅛ inches In the Ducal Collection, Coburg In agreeable contrast is the dry-point of Two Lovers—a little masterpiece—one of his most charming designs. “The sweet shyness of the maiden, the tender glances of the lover and the soft pressure of their hands are rendered with an inimitable grace, and the work is altogether of such exceptional quality that we may count this delightful picture as one of the rarest gems of German engraving in the fifteenth century.” - The Ox Minuet
Haydn saw with surprise a butcher call upon him one day, who being as sensible to the charms of his works as any other person, said freely to him, “Sir, I know you are both good and obliging, therefore I address myself to you with full confidence;—you excel in all kinds of composition; you are the first of composers: but I am particularly fond of your minuets. I stand in need of one, that is pretty, and quite new, for my daughter’s wedding, which is to take place in a few days, and I cannot address myself better than to the famous Haydn.”—Haydn, always full of kindness, smiled at this new homage, and promised it to him on the following day. The amateur returned at the appointed time, and received with joyful gratitude the precious gift. Shortly after, the sound of instruments struck Haydn’s ear.—He listened, and thought he recollected his new minuet. He went to his window, from whence he saw a superb Ox, with gilded horns, adorned with festoons and garlands, and surrounded by an ambulating orchestra, stopping under his balcony. Haydn was roused from his reverie by the butcher, who made his appearance in his apartment, and again expressed his sentiments of admiration, and concluded his speech, by saying, “Dear Sir, I thought that a butcher could not express his gratitude for so beautiful a minuet better than by offering you the finest Ox in his possession.”—Haydn refused—the butcher entreated, till at length Haydn, affected at the butcher’s frank generosity, accepted the present, and from that moment the minuet was known throughout Vienna by the name of the Ox Minuet, and has lately been introduced as a musical curiosity in England. - Sixteenth-century modes, 1st half Henry VIII
- Davis swivel rowlock
There are already countless varieties of these spinning reels. The French boat builders also apply them to inriggers . One of the best varieties is the " Davis swivel rowlock ", which Hanlan has always used. - Period Henry VIII
- Fifteenth-century Shoes and Clogs
- Middle of fifteenth century to sixteenth century
- Costume - Fifteenth century
- Fifteenth century
- Round Table of King Artus of Brittany
The form of table was commonly long and straight, but on occasions of state it was semicircular, or like a horse-shoe in form, recalling the Romanesque round table of King Artus of Brittany. - Female - Fifteenth century, 2nd half
- Footwear, 1510-1540
- Fifteenth century, 1st half
- Female - End of fifteenth century
- Fourteenth century, 1st half
- Female Costume - Fifteenth century, 2nd half
- 'Sans nom ' at the Race of June 8, 1884, near Leiden.
In 1884, the competition again took place in Oudshoorn. The board had now decided to add races for two-belt seniores and for junior four-belt and two-belt races for the sake of the public. The song " Oude vier ", however, remained the main song, the university race . The prize was once again won by Leiden, which reached the winning post 4 seconds before Utrecht and 36 seconds before Delft . - Costumes, 1554-1568
- Tenth to thirteenth century
- Variety of shapes and slashing. Henry VIII
- Male - Fourteenth century
- Costume - Fifteenth century, 1st half
- Costumes Fifteenth century, 2nd half
- Cap shapes. Period Henry VIII
- End of fifteenth century
- Middle of fifteenth century
- Sixteenth century, 2nd quarter
- Female - Period Henry VIII
- Twelfth to fourteenth century
- Fourteenth century, 2nd half
- Newbridge, County Dublin
- Female Costume Fifteenth century, 1st half
- Tribal Gods of the 19th Century
Throughout the nineteenth century, and particularly throughout its latter half, there has been a great working up of this nationalism in the world. All men are by nature partisans and patriots, but the natural tribalism of men in the nineteenth century was unnaturally exaggerated, it was fretted and over-stimulated and inflamed and forced into the nationalist mould. Nationalism was taught in schools, emphasized by newspapers, preached and mocked and sung into men. Men were brought to feel that they were as improper without a nationality as without their clothes in a crowded assembly. - Headware Fourteenth century
- Fourteenth century
- Fifteenth century, 2nd half
- Norman and Saxon Costume - 12th Century
- Types of Shoes - British, Roman, Norman to 13th century
- Costumes, 1568-1610
- Twelfth to thirteenth century
- Female Costume - Fifteenth century, 1st half
- Caps - Saxon and Norman types
- Rowing grip
Top - Wrong grip Bottom - correct grip After the pose, the student should learn to hold his belt. Inadvertently when rowing to apply some force, he will tighten his belt tightly, even pinch it. Now this is nothing but a waste of forces, because it makes the muscles, namely those of the lower arm, tense and tired, without obtaining any greater result. The hands should only serve as a means of connecting the strap to the body; so the looser the belt is held, the better, and to that end only the two extremities of the fingers are bent, as a result of which a hook is formed, as it were, which wraps around the belt; (bottom picture) the thumb is held under the belt and also only with the extreme member pressed against it. The wrist joints should absolutely not be bent downwards, because this is precisely what makes the muscles of the lower arm tense, which is of no use and should therefore be strictly forbidden. After all, the aim must be not to exert a muscle without obtaining any result proportional to the effort. The hand must therefore be held in such a way that it forms a straight line with the arm. - A Group of Lapps
In the northmost part of the Scandinavian Peninsula and Finland live the Lapps. There are probably not more than ten or twelve thousand, all told. They have had much contact with the Finns, and speak a language related to Finnish. In many customs they resemble them. This is not strange, as the land they live in is much the same. - Twelfth and thirteenth centuries
- Female Elizabethan modes
- At The Café Aphrodite
At The Café Aphrodite - Newbridge, County Dublin
- Costumes, 1554-1580
- Female - Period 1625-1660
- Costumes. Period, James I