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nervous. Unfortunatly, without uttering a word, she disappeared back into the house. The door slammed and he sat to contemplate his next move. He was trying to figure out her peculiar reaction. He patted the wheel and thought of where he could take…

this period and was considered one of Donne’s most important literary efforts. Songs and Sonnets was also written about this same time. Donne sat in Queen Elizabeth’s last parliament until 1601, when he secretly married seventeen-year-old Anne More…

had my mind on other things. I got there about 6:30 that evening. She was so happy to see me. I was upset to see the love of my life dying. I sat by her the whole time. We talked. We prayed. And at 10:39 PM she died. I was heartbroken, but I had…

a brief ten months during 1924, a Conservative Party leader was Prime Minister of the country or a Conservative majority sat in the House of Commons, or both, from 1918 until the Tories’ humiliation at the second post-war election of 1945. Thus we can easily…

to achieve liberation. From then on, he encouraged people to follow a path of balance rather than extremism. He called this The Middle Way. That night Siddhartha sat under the Bodhi tree, and meditated until dawn. He purified his mind of all defilements…

time. Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, he thought he'd sit under a tree for some time and relax before continuing the race. He sat under the tree and soon fell asleep. The tortoise plodding on overtook him and soon finished the race…

arrived to the gym around 7:00p.m., and sat down on a hard bleacher and then it began. Since the concert was held in the gymnasium the echoes were unbelievable. Every note played blended together into what eventually became a jumble of noise with different…

no children, but Washington raised those of his wife's first marriage as his own. During 1759-1774, he managed his plantations and sat in the Virginia House of Burgesses. In 1775, Congress appointed him as commander in chief of the Continental Army. Over coming…

I am not a genius. I did not receive a perfect score on my SAT. Nor do I know the reason cows and elephants are the only animals that can’t jump. However, what I do know is that out of the thousands of students applying to Rutgers, I am unique. I…

was not to make a definite choice between the two sides. If they stayed neutral and agreed with whatever side won, they would surely be safe. Those “neutrals” sat on the sidelines, literally. Some perched themselves on hillsides along with their family…