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  1. Voltaire (48640 bytes)
    8: ... grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltaire sometimes impli...
    10: ... a strong [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relationship with François.
    12: ...erable [[knowledge]], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage.
    16: ...en concerned in the composition of two violent libels. Inveigled by a spy named Beauregard into a real...
    20: ...tre Français]] on [[November 18]] and was well received, though a rivalry grew between parties ...
  2. Theater in the United States (12545 bytes)
    2: ...red on stage have found their way onto movie and television screens. [[Broadway]] in [[New York City]...
    4: ...Note'': Both "theater" and "theatre" are common spellings in the U.S. when referring to stage producti...
    11: ...ly on [[September 15]] [[1752]]. Persecuted by [[religious intolerance]], Hallam and his company left ...
    13: ...e treasure: the immortal soul.". However it is likely that these ordinances were not strictly enforced...
    17: ...and [[Thomas Abthorpe Cooper]], similarly became well known throughout the young nation.
  3. 18th century new (49640 bytes)
    4: ...Delaware.png|thumb|250px|Washington crossing the Delaware, [[December 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776]], an iconi...
    21: * [[1702]]-[[1715]]: [[Camisard|Camisard Rebellion]] in [[France]].
    39: ...ession of [[George I of Great Britain|George I]], Elector of Hanover, to the throne of Great Britain.
    40: ...ellion/Rising of 1715 ('The Fifteen')|Jacobite rebellion]] breaks out
    47: ...llion/Rising of 1719 ('The Nineteen')|Jacobite rebellion]] fails.
  4. 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
    9: ... [[1714]]: [[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]
    15: * [[1752]]: [[Lightning rod]]: [[Benjamin Franklin]]
    16: * [[1762]]: [[Iron smelting process]]: [[Jared Eliot]]
    21: ...ine]] [[Turtle (submarine)|Turtle]]: [[David Bushnell]]
    23: * [[1777]]: [[Circular saw]]: [[Samuel Miller]]
  5. Scientific method (40667 bytes)
    1: ...tice. A scientific method is essentially an extremely cautious means of building a supportable, [[evid...
    6: ...for scientific inquiry is indivisible from the development of science.
    9: ... elements of a scientific tradition were already well established. In ''Protagoras'' (318d-f), [[Plato...
    11: ...iles abstract thought with observation. In Aristotelian science, we find the beginnings of a primitive...
    13: ...m]]'' (published [[1620]]), Bacon is at pains to tell us that scientific theories (or rather ''axioms'...
  6. Opera (25153 bytes)
    5: The drama is presented using the typical elements of [[theatre]] such as scenery, [[costume]]...
    9: ...s change drastically over his or her lifetime, rarely reaching vocal maturity until the third decade, ...
    11: ...ied by only the continuo group (harpsichord and 'cello or bassoon). During the period when composers ...
    13: ...ious music can be considered the direct heirs of melodrama. Perhaps such film scores can in some sense...
    20: ...ssance]]. In this case, members of the Camerata felt certain that the "chorus" parts of Greek dramas ...
  7. Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
    4: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" align="right" style="margin-left:1em;...
    36: ...a city located in [[Northwestern Russia]] on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the [[Gulf...
    48: ...tal and decorative sculptures. The Neva River itself, together with its many canals and their granite...
    50: ...the "[[white night]]s." The white nights are closely linked to another attraction — the nine dr...
    58: ...o called the Fountain House), and the Beloselsky-Belozersky palace (1846–1848) on the Nevsky Pro...
  8. Judge (10187 bytes)
    3: ...powers, functions, and training of judges vary widely from [[jurisdiction]] to jurisdiction.
    15: ...y from [[lawyers]] and are generally appointed or elected from among practicing [[attorney]]s.
    21: ...al vote. Civil cases, however, are heard exclusively by legally trained judges.
    27: ...r long robes, usually black or red, and sit on an elevated platform during trials (known as the '''ben...
    31: ...lly always wear simple black robes and wield a gavel to keep order in the courtroom. However, in some...

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