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A contemporary report tells that Thorkell the Tall attempted to save Ælfheah from the mob about to kill him by offering them everything he owned except for his ship, in exchange for Ælfheah's life ; Thorkell's presence is not mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, however.
The first to report on the temptation was his contemporary Athanasius of Alexandria.
Other than Evliyâ Çelebi's report, there are no other contemporary references to the events.
Robert the Monk is the only contemporary chronicler of the crusade to report that Godfrey took the title " king ".
In November, Trench's report was not a list of unregistered words ; instead, it was the study On Some Deficiencies in our English Dictionaries, which identified seven distinct shortcomings in contemporary dictionaries:
The Tempest is considered by most Shakespearean scholars to have been written in 1610 – 11 and inspired by published and unpublished contemporary descriptions of the 1609 Sea Venture shipwreck on the island of Bermuda, and most especially William Strachey's eyewitness report, A True Reportory of the Wracke and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates, Knight because of certain verbal, plot and thematic similarities.
The book claimed to report on the contemporary practice of Pagan religious witchcraft in England, which had supposedly survived as an underground religion for centuries.
15-minute adaptations of the original scripts by Maurice Wiltshire were used instead, with Milligan, Sellers and Secombe reuniting to provide the voices ; according to a contemporary press report, they received the highest fees the BBC had ever paid for 15-minute shows.
After Rubinstein obtained a report that discussed the abilities of contemporary standalone word processors from IBM, Xerox, and Wang Laboratories, Barnaby enhanced WordMaster with similar features and support for the CP / M operating system.
At the same time ( according to Edmond Halley's contemporary report ) Hooke agreed that " the Demonstration of the Curves generated therby " was wholly Newton's.
At the same time ( according to Edmond Halley's contemporary report ) Hooke agreed that " the Demonstration of the Curves generated therby " was wholly Newton's.
*-Transcription of the report of his death in a contemporary newspaper
A contemporary report says the Morwenstow wreckers " allowed a fainting brother to perish in the sea without extending a hand of safety.
A contemporary report described what Leopold had composed prior to 1757:
As a contemporary report describes:
The text of the repealing Act has not survived in the records of Parliament, but a contemporary law report ( Year Book 1 Henry VII, Hil., plea 1 ) reproduces part of the text as follows:
This report caused one of many errors in the depiction of North America in contemporary maps.
The organizing committee put no record of the finances of the Games in their report, though contemporary newspapers reported that the Games had made a profit of US $ 1, 000, 000.
According to a report by contemporary scientist Emanuel Swedenborg, the King had sketched down a model of his thought on a piece of paper and handed it to him at their meeting in Lund in 1716.
A contemporary report by the U. S. military documented the three white fatalities and 105 black victims by name, with 15-20 unidentified blacks found in the Red River.
According to a 2004 New Civil Engineer report on contemporary maintenance, such a practice never existed, although under British Rail management, and before, the bridge had a permanent maintenance crew.
As recently as 2008, magical realism in literature has been defined as "... a kind of modern fiction in which fabulous and fantastical events are included in a narrative that otherwise maintains the ' reliable ' tone of objective realistic report, designating a tendency of the modern novel to reach beyond the confines of realism and draw upon the energies of fable, folk tale, and myth while maintaining a strong contemporary social relevance.
A contemporary record of this trial, the De Iniusta Vexacione Willelmi Episcopi Primi, is the earliest surviving detailed contemporary report of an English state-trial.

contemporary and noted
He was a younger contemporary of Phidias and noted for the delicacy and finish of his works, among which a Hephaestus and an Aphrodite " of the Gardens " were conspicuous.
Dead Kennedys were noted for the harshness of their lyrics, which generally combined biting social satire while expressing a staunchly left-wing view of contemporary America.
Adrienne Mayor, in introducing a bibliography on the topic, noted that most modern folklorists are largely unaware of classical parallels and precedents, in materials that are only partly represented by the familiar designation Aesopica: " Ancient Greek and Roman literature contains rich troves of folklore and popular beliefs, many of which have counterparts in modern contemporary legends " ( Such as Mayor, 2000 ).
This correlation between the French revolutionary Terror and the " terrorist school " of writing represented by Radcliffe and Lewis was noted by contemporary critics of the genre Sade considered The Monk to be superior to the work of Ann Radcliffe.
John's lack of religious conviction has been noted by contemporary chroniclers and later historians, with some suspecting that John was at best impious, or even atheistic, a very serious issue at the time.
The contemporary sources mainly noted that the battle took place and that both Prince Lazar and the Sultan lost their lives in the battle.
A contemporary news article in the journal Nature noted this materials " strikingly high conductivity ".
" Some contemporary Finns nicknamed him Suuri vaikenija ( The Great Silent One ), and Ron Clarke noted that Nurmi's persona remained a mystery even to Finnish runners and journalists: " Even to them, he was never quite real.
" The contemporary Reginald Scott noted, " At this day it is indifferent to say in the English tongue, ' she is a witch ' or ' she is a wise woman '".
Chicago Tribune critic Chris Jones, noted in his review of the Broadway musical, " Bloody, Bloody, Andrew Jackson " that the hybrid had become the most viable of the contemporary formats.
The witan was noted by contemporary sources as having the singular power to ceosan to cyninge, ' to choose the king ' from amongst the ( extended ) royal family.
His contemporary Alfred Russel Wallace also noted these variations and the geographical separations between different forms leading to the study of biogeography.
Sotheby's noted that contemporary Chinese art has rapidly changed the contemporary Asian art world into one of the most dynamic sectors on the international art market.
It should be noted that classical writers such as Thucydides, Machiavelli, Hobbes and Theodore Roosevelt, are often cited as " founding fathers " of realism by contemporary self-described realists.
A contemporary chronicler noted that it was built because " had no resting place between Bourgueil and Amboise along the Loire river ".
In placing the synod in its proper historical context, Anglo-Saxon historians have also noted the position of the synod in the context of contemporary political tensions.
This name was not noted as controversial in contemporary news reports, but it was dropped less than a year later.
While classical, gospel, and contemporary popular music comprise the majority of the choir ’ s repertoire, the choir is noted for its emphasis on preserving the heritage of the spiritual, especially in the historic practices of performance.
Some design similarities are noted with the contemporary castle at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France that was also constructed without a central donjon.
Released without any promotional single, it reached the top 30 in Australia, the United Kingdom and the U. S., where the collection was appreciated by contemporary critics who noted the creativity of Norwood's back-catalogue.
As a performer, he is noted for championing contemporary pieces.
He was noted for his series of collaborations with David Hare on the state of contemporary Britain.
The production was noted for its pessimism as regards contemporary British politics, with some critics feeling the political resonances were too heavy handed.

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