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Virginia (state) - geography.
C Coastline Virginia’s coastline, for both the mainland and the Eastern Shore counties, is 180 km (112 mi) long. The state’s tidal shoreline measures 5,335 km (3,315 mi), includingall bays, inlets, tidal estuaries, and other indentations. Major indentations include Chesapeake Bay; Hampton Roads, the excellent natural harbor on which are locatedNewport News, Norfolk, and Portsmouth; and the wide tidal estuaries of the lower Potomac, James, Rappahannock, and York rivers. Cape Henry, in the southe...
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Woolf Virginia
Virginia Woolf
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West Virginia - geography.
Forests, mostly of hardwood varieties, cover 79 percent of West Virginia. The principal commercial species are the oak, yellow poplar, maple, birch, beech, black walnut,hickory, and gum. Softwoods include pines and hemlock firs. Flowering trees include the wild crab apple, dogwood, hawthorn, and redbud. Among the many floweringbushes and plants are the rhododendron, which is the state flower, the laurel, blueberry, hepatica, wild geranium, and black-eyed Susan. Insects and disease, mostly introd...
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Woolf Virginia
Virginia Woolf
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Virginia (state) - USA History.
C Coastline Virginia’s coastline, for both the mainland and the Eastern Shore counties, is 180 km (112 mi) long. The state’s tidal shoreline measures 5,335 km (3,315 mi), includingall bays, inlets, tidal estuaries, and other indentations. Major indentations include Chesapeake Bay; Hampton Roads, the excellent natural harbor on which are locatedNewport News, Norfolk, and Portsmouth; and the wide tidal estuaries of the lower Potomac, James, Rappahannock, and York rivers. Cape Henry, in the southe...
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West Virginia - USA History.
Forests, mostly of hardwood varieties, cover 79 percent of West Virginia. The principal commercial species are the oak, yellow poplar, maple, birch, beech, black walnut,hickory, and gum. Softwoods include pines and hemlock firs. Flowering trees include the wild crab apple, dogwood, hawthorn, and redbud. Among the many floweringbushes and plants are the rhododendron, which is the state flower, the laurel, blueberry, hepatica, wild geranium, and black-eyed Susan. Insects and disease, mostly introd...
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Woolf Virginia Femme de lettres britannique
Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)Woolf Virginia , 1882-1941, née à Londres, femme de lettres britannique. Issue du second mariage de Leslie Stephen, critique éminent, avec Julia Jackson, elle reçut une éducation victorienne dans un milieu familial où les conventions sociales les plus strictes se mariaient à une relative ouverture intellectuelle. Faute de pouvoir fréquenter l'école et l'Université comme ses frères, elle se rabattit sur la bibliothèque paternelle qui restait à sa disposition. La...
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Virginia Woolf
par Jean-Jacques Mayoux
Professeur à la Sorbonne
Virginia Woolf naquit en 1882, fille de Leslie Stephen, essayiste, biographe
et critique de talent, rationaliste austère.
par Jean-Jacques Mayoux Professeur à la Sorbonne
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Virginia Woolf
plus encore que Proust qui semble souvent très proche mais peut-être plus par affinité que par influence. Il est difficile par contre d'écarter le souvenir d'Ulysse quand on lit Mrs. Dalloway (1925). Un jour de juin à Londres correspond au jour de juin à Dublin. Des rythmes unanimistes (on songe à Mort de Q_uelqu'un) strient et lient l'espace-temps de la ville. Big Ben sonne l'heure ici comme là Saint-George, l'avion trace dans...
- Virginia Beach.
- Woolf, Virginia - littérature.
- Woolf, Virginia - écrivain.
- Virginia Woolf (Sprache & Litteratur).
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- Tennis: Virginia Wade (sports).
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La Promenade au phare 1927 Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
La Promenade au phare 1 91 vers le phare. Lily Briscoe, elle, a repris sa toile, mais elle reste toujours aussi figée dans son incapacité à communiquer et Mrs Ramsay enfin lui manque beaucoup. Elle évoque son souvenir. Et tandis que la barque accoste sur le rocher du phare, dans un instant de clarté, Lily Briscoe ajoute un trait à son tableau.
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Les années de jeunesse de Virginia Woolf
LITTERATURE ALLEMANDE Heinrich Boil reçoit le prix Nobel de littérature Le romancier allemand Heinr ich Bôll a reçu le prix Nobel. L'œuvre de cet écrivain, né à Colo_gne en 1917 dans les derniers mois de la Première Guerre ~ondiale, est tout entière consacrée au désastre du dernier conflit, à la ruine de l'A lle magne, non point pour plaider en,.faveur .d'une patrie déchue, mais pour dresser l mventa1r e de sa déchéance. La guerre...
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Woolf Virginia
Femme de lettres britannique
* 25.1.1882, Londres
+ 28.3.1941, Lewes, Sussex
Les ouvrages de Virginia Woolf sont aujourd'hui...
Woolf Virginia Femme de lettres britannique * 25.1.1882, Londres + 28.3.1941, Lewes, Sussex Les ouvrages de Virginia Woolf sont aujourd'hui en quelque sorte des classiques parmi les modernes. Son roman "Mrs. Dalloway" (1925), notamment, est considéré comme un monument de la prose narrative expérimentale. Ce roman du "flux de conscience" égrène des ambiances, des impressions, des souvenirs fugaces, sans ordre chronologique, autour des thèmes de la vie et de la mort, de la santé psychique et la ma...
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Virginia - Facts and Figures.
Native Americans 0.3 percent (2000) Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 4 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 4.7 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy 75.2 years (1989-1991) Infant mortality rate 7 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 370 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 432 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance 13.3 percent (2006) Number of studen...
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James Madison.
In the spring of 1784 Madison again ran for election to the Virginia assembly, and won. He served nearly three years there, pursuing the same objectives he had foughtfor in Congress. He advocated strengthening the federal government, which was an unpopular position in Virginia, as it was in most of the states. He consistentlysupported measures, at both state and national levels, that would best safeguard the rights of the individual. Madison also continued to oppose any connection betweenchurch...
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James Madison
In the spring of 1784 Madison again ran for election to the Virginia assembly, and won. He served nearly three years there, pursuing the same objectives he had foughtfor in Congress. He advocated strengthening the federal government, which was an unpopular position in Virginia, as it was in most of the states. He consistentlysupported measures, at both state and national levels, that would best safeguard the rights of the individual. Madison also continued to oppose any connection betweenchurch...
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James Madison - USA History.
In the spring of 1784 Madison again ran for election to the Virginia assembly, and won. He served nearly three years there, pursuing the same objectives he had foughtfor in Congress. He advocated strengthening the federal government, which was an unpopular position in Virginia, as it was in most of the states. He consistentlysupported measures, at both state and national levels, that would best safeguard the rights of the individual. Madison also continued to oppose any connection betweenchurch...
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George Washington
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George Washington (1732-1799), first president of the United States (1789-1797) and one of the most important leaders in United States history.
A2 Promotion This was Washington’s first experience with the difficulties of raising troops while lacking equipment, clothing, and funds. Apparently he thought his efforts worthy ofsome recognition and successfully applied to Dinwiddie for a lieutenant colonel’s commission. He left Alexandria, Virginia, early in April with about 150 poorly equippedand half-trained troops. A3 First Battles Before he had advanced very far, Washington received news that the French had driven Trent’s men back from...
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George Washington.
A2 Promotion This was Washington’s first experience with the difficulties of raising troops while lacking equipment, clothing, and funds. Apparently he thought his efforts worthy ofsome recognition and successfully applied to Dinwiddie for a lieutenant colonel’s commission. He left Alexandria, Virginia, early in April with about 150 poorly equippedand half-trained troops. A3 First Battles Before he had advanced very far, Washington received news that the French had driven Trent’s men back from...
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George Washington
A2 Promotion This was Washington’s first experience with the difficulties of raising troops while lacking equipment, clothing, and funds. Apparently he thought his efforts worthy ofsome recognition and successfully applied to Dinwiddie for a lieutenant colonel’s commission. He left Alexandria, Virginia, early in April with about 150 poorly equippedand half-trained troops. A3 First Battles Before he had advanced very far, Washington received news that the French had driven Trent’s men back from...
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Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third president of the United States (1801-1809) and author of the Declaration of Independence.
Jefferson was a poor speaker, but his literary talents made him a highly valued member of committees when resolutions and other public papers were drafted. Heemerged as the recognized author of the patriot cause in Virginia and indeed in the whole of the colonies. Jefferson's first public paper, however, was considered toostiff and formal, and it was rewritten. The paper was a response to the greeting of the new governor, Lord Botetourt, to the General Assembly. Jefferson, who nevertook criticis...
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Thomas Jefferson.
Jefferson was a poor speaker, but his literary talents made him a highly valued member of committees when resolutions and other public papers were drafted. Heemerged as the recognized author of the patriot cause in Virginia and indeed in the whole of the colonies. Jefferson's first public paper, however, was considered toostiff and formal, and it was rewritten. The paper was a response to the greeting of the new governor, Lord Botetourt, to the General Assembly. Jefferson, who nevertook criticis...
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Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson was a poor speaker, but his literary talents made him a highly valued member of committees when resolutions and other public papers were drafted. Heemerged as the recognized author of the patriot cause in Virginia and indeed in the whole of the colonies. Jefferson's first public paper, however, was considered toostiff and formal, and it was rewritten. The paper was a response to the greeting of the new governor, Lord Botetourt, to the General Assembly. Jefferson, who nevertook criticis...
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Thomas Jefferson - USA History.
Jefferson was a poor speaker, but his literary talents made him a highly valued member of committees when resolutions and other public papers were drafted. Heemerged as the recognized author of the patriot cause in Virginia and indeed in the whole of the colonies. Jefferson's first public paper, however, was considered toostiff and formal, and it was rewritten. The paper was a response to the greeting of the new governor, Lord Botetourt, to the General Assembly. Jefferson, who nevertook criticis...
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History of Colonial America - U.
Despite the lack of settlement, New France prospered as a vast fur-trading enterprise. French explorers traveled deep into the North American continent seeking newsupplies of deerskins and beaver pelts. In 1673 French missionary Jacques Marquette reached the Mississippi River in present-day Wisconsin. In 1681 explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, traveled down the majestic Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. He honored the reign of King Louis XIV (1643-1715) by creating the newcolony...
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James Monroe.
In October 1786, Monroe resigned from Congress and settled with his bride in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he began a law practice. His retirement from politics wasbrief. He was soon elected to the town council, and then once again to the Virginia legislature. However, Monroe never lost touch with national politics. He corresponded regularly with both Jefferson and Madison. In 1786 Monroe attended the AnnapolisConvention, which had been called to consider interstate commerce and other matters...
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James Monroe - USA History.
In October 1786, Monroe resigned from Congress and settled with his bride in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he began a law practice. His retirement from politics wasbrief. He was soon elected to the town council, and then once again to the Virginia legislature. However, Monroe never lost touch with national politics. He corresponded regularly with both Jefferson and Madison. In 1786 Monroe attended the AnnapolisConvention, which had been called to consider interstate commerce and other matters...
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Washington, D.
South of the Federal Triangle is the Mall, a narrow park stretching roughly 1.6 km (1 mi) from the Capitol to the Washington Monument. Although the Mall officially ends at14th Street, landscaped greenery extends to the Potomac. The Washington Monument, whose marble shaft dominates the skyline, stands 169 m (555 ft) high near thecenter of this parkland. The interior of the monument is hollow, and visitors may either climb its 898 steps or ride its elevator 150 m (500 ft) for a magnificent view. A...
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Washington, D.
structures built according to L’Enfant’s plan. During the War of 1812, British troops set fire to the White House, destroying its interior. President James Madison and hisfamily lived in the Octagon while the White House was being rebuilt. South of the Federal Triangle is the Mall, a narrow park stretching roughly 1.6 km (1 mi) from the Capitol to the Washington Monument. Although the Mall officially endsat 14th Street, landscaped greenery extends to the Potomac. The Washington Monument, whose m...
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George Washington - historia.
El general George WashingtonEn 1779, el famoso artista estadounidense Charles Wilson Peale pintó este retrato del general George Washington en Princeton(Nueva Jersey). La batalla librada en Princeton, en 1777, fue una de las más importantes de la guerra de la Independenciaestadounidense en Nueva Jersey.Architect of the Capitol Cuando estalló el conflicto entre Massachusetts y Gran Bretaña en 1775, el Congreso nombró a Washington comandante en jefe del recién creado Ejército Continental,esperando...
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Ulysses S.
In the autumn of 1862, Grant began planning the drive on Vicksburg, Mississippi, the Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River, which was to yield one of hisgreatest military successes. After several unsuccessful attempts on Vicksburg during the winter, Grant devised a new strategy of attack. In April 1863 he marched hisarmy south along the west side of the river to a point well below the heavily defended city. There, with the aid of the Union river fleet, he crossed the river and began as...
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Ulysses S.
In the autumn of 1862, Grant began planning the drive on Vicksburg, Mississippi, the Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River, which was to yield one of hisgreatest military successes. After several unsuccessful attempts on Vicksburg during the winter, Grant devised a new strategy of attack. In April 1863 he marched hisarmy south along the west side of the river to a point well below the heavily defended city. There, with the aid of the Union river fleet, he crossed the river and began as...