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Horn orchestras | My Present and Thoughts
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My Present and Thoughts. New Blogs for Old. February 25, 2011. At Yale I sang in the Yale Russian Chorus. The first horn orchestra was founded in 1751 by J. A. Mareš, a Czech musician. The style of music enjoyed general popularity through the eighteenth century but subsequently began to decline, although it was still featured at the coronation of Nicholas II in 1896. During the Soviet period, the practices of horn music were gradually lost. In recent years, several groups have begun to resuscitate the ar...
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New OED | My Present and Thoughts
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My Present and Thoughts. Percy Shelley, Princess Charlotte, and the Pentrich Uprising. December 7, 2010. The Oxford English Dictionary recently redesigned its website. The design is in general much slicker, allowing the reader to more easily jump between entries, view timelines of word usage, and consult the Historical Thesaurus, a classification of words in the dictionary. The opening of the new site was accompanied by the usual quarterly update. On recent revisions and additions. 2 Sept. in. Apart from...
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Carrel/Carol | My Present and Thoughts
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My Present and Thoughts. Tons of Hummus →. December 24, 2010. Which contain the idyllic accounts of the narrator’s travels throughout the English countryside. I will quote just a small snippet:. While I lay musing on my pillow, I heard the sound of little feet pattering outside of the door, and a whispering consultation. Presently a choir of small voices chanted forth an old Christmas carol, the burden of which was,. Rejoice, our Saviour he was born. On Christmas Day in the morning. In my life: to join i...
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New Blogs for Old | My Present and Thoughts
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My Present and Thoughts. Horn orchestras →. New Blogs for Old. February 7, 2011. I’m sure many of you have struggled with the great proliferation of blogs in recent years. Some are simply delightful ways of wasting your time; others may be useful professionally; but in every category there seem to be dozens of blogs worth following. Blog aggregators and RSS help somewhat, but I still have not found a perfect solution myself to share with you. This won “Best Writer” in the Cliopatra Awards. Which prompted...
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Introduction | My Present and Thoughts
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My Present and Thoughts. Percy Shelley, Princess Charlotte, and the Pentrich Uprising →. October 20, 2010. Былое и думы (My Past and Thoughts), by Aleksandr Herzen. My Past and Thoughts,. My Present and Thoughts. In future blog posts I hope to say more about the words. In English and Russian, and about Herzen, with whose work I have only a brief acquaintance.). This entry was posted in about the blog. Percy Shelley, Princess Charlotte, and the Pentrich Uprising →. 3 responses to “ Introduction.
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Percy Shelley, Princess Charlotte, and the Pentrich Uprising | My Present and Thoughts
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My Present and Thoughts. New OED →. Percy Shelley, Princess Charlotte, and the Pentrich Uprising. November 7, 2010. A couple of years ago, I became interested in Leopold, prince of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, who became the first king of Belgium, Leopold I. In Britain, however, Leopold was perhaps best known as the husband of Princess Charlotte of Wales. This was when several hundred men, led by Jeremiah Brandreth, marched on Nottingham, partly, it seems, to protest against the taxes levied on the poor by the ...
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Tons of Hummus | My Present and Thoughts
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My Present and Thoughts. New Blogs for Old →. January 17, 2011. Last year I worked at a community health center in Vancouver, Washington, assisting with various aspects of their health education program, including diabetes support and tobacco cessation. I particularly appreciated the chance to work with the large Russian-speaking community in the area. This entry was posted in other blogs. New Blogs for Old →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public).