The ISO (International Standards Organisation) assigns a two character code to each country name. These codes are used by Internet 'whois' databases (these two character abbreviations are the whois country codes) and also other applications.
Ye is an archaic word for 'you', that is referencing one or more people but not the speaker. The word 'ye' has been misinterpreted as an old English form of 'the', and often occurs in titles such as 'Ye Olde Shoppe'. The error occurs from a misunderstanding of the runic letter thorn which represents 'th' being incorrectly transcribed as a 'y' which it resembles in shape. Research Ye
Thomas Campbell was a Scottish poet. He was born in 1777 at Glasgow and died in 1844. Educated at the university of Glasgow, after leaving the university he resided for a short time in Edinburgh; and all at once attained the zenith of his fame by publishing, in 1799, his Pleasures of Hope. It produced an extraordinary sensation, and soon became a familiar book at almost every hearth throughout the kingdom.
In 1803, after spending some time in Germany, Campbell published an edition of the Pleasures of Hope with the addition of some of the finest lyrics in the English language, including Hohenlinden, Ye Mariners of England, and the Exile of Erin. In 1803 he went to London, and in 1806 obtained a pension of 200 pounds through the influence of Mr. Fox. After this he appears for a time to have given his attention less to poetry than prose, and wrote various compilations, articles for Brewster's Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, etc.
In 1809 he again made his appearance as a poet, and published Gertrude of Wyoming, Lord Ullin's Daughter, and the Battle of the Baltic. After publishing Specimens of English Poets accompanied by critical essays, he became editor in 1820 of the New Monthly Magazine. He took an active part in the foundation of London University, and in 1827 was elected rector of Glasgow University. After this though he continued to occupy himself with literature, he published his Letters from the South, a Life of Mrs. Siddons, and a Life of Petrarch, his productions were much inferior to his earlier efforts. Research Thomas Campbell
The Monument of London is a tower consisting of a pedestal 40 feet high with a 202 feet high edifice on top of that, the height being the distance from the monument to the spot where the fire of London commenced. The monument was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and cost œ14500 to erect. Inside is a staircase of black marble and 345 steps. Four inscriptions originally adorned the monument, three in Latin and one in English which read 'This pillar was set up in perpetual remembrance of that most dreadful burning of this protestant city, begun and carried on by ye treachery and malice of ye popish faction, in ye beginning of septem. in ye year of our lord 1666 in order to ye carrying on their horrid plot for extirpating yeprotestant religion and our English liberty, and ye introducing popery and slavery'. The English inscription, cut in 1681, was obliterated on the orders of James II and was later re-cut on the orders of William III before being finally obliterated by the orders of the common council in 1831. Due to a number of suicides where people threw
themselves from the viewing gallery at the top a fence was erected around the railing of the gallery in 1839. Research Monument of London
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