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Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Battle-Field

by EmilyDickinsonVIIIXThe Battle-Field The Battle-Field They dropped like flakes, they dropped like stars, Like petals from a rose, When suddenly across the June A wind with fingers…

Brewer's: First Stroke is Half the Battle

“Well begun is half done.” “A good lather is half the shave.” “Incipe: dimidium facti est coepisse. (Ausonius.)” “Dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet.” (Horace.) French: Barbe bien…

World War I Battles with the Most Casualties

The table below focuses on specific battles with the most casualties in the First World War. See this timeline for other World War I battles and longer campaigns. Battle Location…

World War I: Important Battles

Learn more about the most pivotal engagements German soldiers fighting at the First Battle of the Marne Related Links World War I Primer World War I Timeline…

The Koran/Sura LXI — Battle Array

Sura LXI — Battle ArrayMedina — 14 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful ALL that is in the Heavens and all that is on the Earth praiseth God. He is the Mighty, the Wise…

Roosebeke, battle of

(Encyclopedia) Roosebeke, battle ofRoosebeke, battle ofrōˈzəbāˌkə [key], 1382, in the modern-day village of Westrozebeke, Staden commune, West Flanders prov., W Belgium. The French under Olivier de…

Brunanburh, battle of

(Encyclopedia) Brunanburh, battle ofBrunanburh, battle ofbr&oomacr;ˈnənbûrg [key], a.d. 937, a victory won by Athelstan, king of the English, over a coalition of Irish, Scots, and Britons (or…