Coitus a Cheval is the practice of having sexual intercourse while riding a horse, and less often am camel or elephant. The rocking rhythm of the moving animal provides the participants with enhanced arousal and sensation. The term is also used to describe the pony girl fantasy. Research Coitus A Cheval
Epistolae ObscurorumVirorum ('Letters of Obscure Men') is the title of a collection of satirical letters which appeared in Germany in 1515-1517, and professed to be the composition of certain ecclesiastics and professors in Cologne and other places. It is considered as one of the most masterly sarcasms in the history of literature, and its importance is enhanced by the effect it had in promoting the cause of the Reformation. The authorship of this satire has been a fertile subject of controversy, and is yet apparently far from being settled. Research Epistolae ObscurorumVirorum
The Times is a leading English daily newspaper. It was founded in 1785 as the London Daily Universal Register by John Walter and then sold for 3d an issue. The publication changed its name to The Times (with the subtitle London Daily Universal Register) in 1788, in 1790 raising the cover price to 4d. The Times earned its reputation under John Walter the second, who was appointed manager in 1803 and took over the paper on the death of his father in 1812, through its foreign correspondence and independent criticism of the government. The Times further enhanced its public reputation when, in 1841, it exposed a conspiracy hatched in Belgium to defraud the principal banking houses of Europe.
John Walter the second recognised the importance of foreign correspondents. Previously newspapers had relied upon the government to supply them with news of foreign events. Under John Walters the second, the Times employed its own foreign correspondents, and reported the news of the Battle of Waterloo before the government was aware of it.
The Times under John Walter the third revolutionised the methods newspapers were printed, and the steam powered Walters Press first used in 1869 formed the basis for improvements in newspaper printing that subsequently followed. Research The Times
The Pipe Vine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) is an American Swallowtailbutterfly found in the eastern and southern USA. The colouring is basically dark brown enhanced by rows of creamy white spots, the hind wings and abdomen are bordered with a blue-green gloss. The underside of the hind wings has red-orange dots and is edged with black and white half-moon spots. Research Pipe Vine Swallowtail
Sir Arthur Thomas Sloggett was a British army surgeon. He was born in 1857. He entered the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1881, became a colonel in 1903, surgeon-general in 1908, and director-general of army medical services in 1914. He was one of the most successful organisers of army medical services - though dangerously ignorant of psychological disorders such as shock, describing sufferers as 'lunatics' - a reputation he enhanced during the Great War. He served in numerous campaigns, including the Dongola Expeditionary Force of 1896, as senior medical officer during the Sudancampaign of 1897 to 1898 when he was serious wounded; and in the South African War. He was knighted in 1914 and made KCB in 1915. During the Great War he resisted attempts to treat soldiers suffering from what was subsequently realised to be shock, describing them as 'lunatics'. Research Arthur Sloggett
John Randolph was an American politician. He was born in 1773 and died in 1833. He was a near relative of Edmund Randolph and was educated at Princeton and Columbia. In 1799 entered the National House of Representatives from Virginia. Though very young, he soon became a leader on the Democratic side. His strict constructionism, however, was of the most thorough-going stamp, and he was frequently at variance with Jefferson and other party chiefs. Randolph was renowned for an eloquent satire of a peculiarly bitter kind, whose effect was enhanced by his personal eccentricities. He was foremost in the conflict against the Yazoo frauds and the Embargo. He also opposed Madison and the War of 1812. His career in the House lasted until 1825, with a break from 1813 to 1815. From 1825 to 1827 he was US Senator. He invented the epithet 'dough-faces' for Northern sympathizers with slavery, and styled the union of Adams and Clay a 'coalition between the blackleg and the Puritan', which remark led to a duel with Clay. President Jackson sent him in 1830 as US Minister to Russia, but his stay abroad was brief. Research John Randolph
Oliver Goldsmith was an Anglo-Irish journalist, essayist, novelist, dramatist and poet. He was born in 1728 at Pallas, county LongfordIreland and died in 1774. Among his more famous works are 'The Vicar of Wakefield' and ' The Deserted Village'. His father, a clergyman of the Established Church, held the living of Kilkenny West. In 1745 he was entered as a sizar at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1749, shortly after his father's death, he left Dublin with the degree of Bachelor, and was advised by an uncle, who had already borne a large part of the expenses of his education, to prepare for holy orders. Rejected for holy orders he became tutor in a family, but soon lost his situation on account of a dispute with the master of the house over a game at cards.
The same uncle who had given him assistance before now gave him 50 pounds to go to Dublin to study law, but he had scarcely arrived at the city when he lost the whole sum in gambling. In spite of his repeated imprudences he was once more succoured by his uncle, who supplied him with means to go to Edinburgh to study medicine. Here he remained eighteen months, during which he acquired some slight knowledge of chemistry and natural history. At the end of this period he removed to Leyden, again at the expense of his uncle; and afterwards wandered over a large part of France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. It was probably at Padua that he took a medical degree, as he remained there six months; but his uncle dying while he was in Italy he wag obliged to travel on foot to England, and reached London in 1756 with a few pence in his pocket. After some years of hard experience as a chemist's assistant, medical practitioner, proof-reader, and school usher, he drifted into literature. He conducted a department in the Monthly Review, wrote essays in the Public Ledger (afterwards published under the title of the Citizen of the World), and a weekly pamphlet, entitled the Bee. In 1761 he was introduced to Dr. Johnson.
In 1764 he appeared as a poet by the publication of his Traveller. In 1766 appeared his Vicar of Wakefield, which at once secured merited applause. In 1768 his comedy of the Good-natured Man was acted at Covent-Gardenwith but indifferent success. His poetical fame was greatly enhanced by the publication of his The Deserted Village in 1770. In 1773 he produced his comedy of She Stoops to Conquer, which was completely successful. He also compiled histories of England, Greece, and Rome; and a History of the Earth and Animated Nature, a pleasing work, but one of no scientific value. His last days were embittered by the pressure of debt, incurred partly by his improvidence and partly by his generosity. The manners of Oliver Goldsmith were eccentric, even to absurdity. Research Oliver Goldsmith
Clint Eastwood is an American actor, film director and politician. He was born in 1930 in San Francisco. After high school, he worked as a lumberjack, a service station attendant, and served in the Army. In 1955, he went to Hollywood where he played bit parts in films like Francis in the Navy and Revenge of the Creature In 1958, his career was further established when he was offered a significant part in the TV western series Rawhide, which ran until 1965. Eastwood then went to Italy and starred in a trio of Sergio Leone westerns known for their emphasis on violence - A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Returning to Hollywood, Eastwoodenhanced his reputation even more as a lean, no-nonsense, independent tough guy. His brutish Dirty Harry in 1971 and some sequels perhaps best exemplified this image. However, Eastwood's violent image mellowed in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when he starred in several action comedies, such as Every Which Way But Loose, Any Which Way You Can,
and Bronco Billy. In 1992 he won an Academy Award for best Director for his film 'Unforgiven'. Research Clint Eastwood
Agnes Ayres (real name Agnes Eyre Henkel) was an American actress. She was born in 1898 at Carbondale, Illinois and died in 1940 of a cerebral haemorrhage. She was an extremely popular silent film star of the early 1920s. Her popularity was enhanced when she co-starred with Rudolph Valentino in the 1921 film 'Sheik' and the 1926 'Son Of The Sheik'. She made her screen debut at Essanay Studios in 1915. She was still at the height of her popularity until the advent of sound when she disappeared from the screen altogether returning one more time with a bit part in 'Souls At Sea' in 1937. Research Agnes Ayres
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