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Arthur and attempts
Several attempts were made in the 19th century to naturalise the dactylic hexameter to English, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Arthur Hugh Clough and others, none of them particularly successful.
There have been few attempts to define the nature and character of Arthur in the pre-Galfridian tradition as a whole, rather than in a single text or text / story-type.
The earliest of these is Saint Carannog's mystical floating altar in that saint's 12th century Vita ; in the story Arthur has found the altar and attempts unsuccessfully to use it for a table, and returns it to Carannog in exchange for the saint ridding the land of a meddlesome dragon.
The Boston Barracudas raced in the British League Division Two, ( now the Premier League ) and in 1973 completed a clean sweap winning the League, Knock-out Cup, and Arthur Price won the League Individual Championship, after the New Hammond Beck Road Stadium was sold for re-development in 1988 attempts to secure a new venue failed in the 1990s a team, known as Boston, raced in the Conference League out of King's Lynn
Of the several attempts at defining the essence of symbolism, perhaps none was more influential than Paul Verlaine's 1884 publication of a series of essays on Tristan Corbière, Arthur Rimbaud, Stéphane Mallarmé, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Gérard de Nerval, and " Pauvre Lelian " (" Poor Lelian ", an anagram of Paul Verlaine's own name ), each of whom Verlaine numbered among the poètes maudits, " accursed poets.
Frequent escape attempts, complaints about relaxed discipline and the opening of Port Arthur in 1830 led to the decision to abandon the settlement in 1832.
The French villain Rigaud, now in London, discovers that Mrs Clenham has been hiding the fact that Arthur is not her real son, and Rigaud attempts to blackmail her.
In his book, The Nature of Technology, Arthur attempts to articulate a theory of change that considers that existing technologies ( or material culture ) are combined in unique ways that lead to novel new technologies.
Arthur Horner, the Communist leader of the Welsh miners, fought off attempts to found a similar union on his patch.
However, when he realises that Arthur has yet to cause his death at a place called Stavromula Beta, Agrajag discovered he took Arthur out of his relative timeline too soon, and that killing him now would cause a paradox but attempts to kill Arthur anyway.
Returning only moments after the robots ' attack at the Lord's Cricket Grounds, Arthur attempts to return the Ashes, but is suddenly inspired to bowl one shot at a wicket that is being defended using a cricket ball in his bag.
However as the events unfold Morgana's attempts to prevent the future ultimately solidify it, as Arthur and Guinevere come to realise how deeply they love each other and resolve to one day marry.
Further naval operations from Port Arthur resulted in two break-out attempts by the Russians.
He attempts to modernize the past, but in the end he is unable to prevent the death of Arthur and an interdict against him by the Catholic Church of the time, which grows fearful of his power.
Falcons owner Arthur Blank did not want Vick on the Falcons, and after attempts to trade him failed, Vick was released.
* In the manga ( 1994 onward ) and subsequent anime ( 1996 onward ) Detective Conan, the protagonist Shin ' ichi Kudō, chooses the pseudonym " Conan Edogawa ," taking parts of the names of the British detective novelist Arthur Conan Doyle and Edogawa Rampo as he frantically attempts to make up a name to cover up his identity after he shrinks into a young boy.
An early example was the “ Da Costa ” series of 1928 ( Magnets # 1059 to # 1067 ), when new arrival Arthur Da Costa attempts to disgrace Harry Wharton in an attempt to disinherit him of a large fortune.
In Arthur Conan Doyle's " The Adventure of the Resident Patient ", a man feigns catalepsy to gain access to a neurologist's rooms ; the doctor attempts to treat him with amyl nitrite.
He attempts to bury Mina alive outside the crypts but is caught by Van Helsing and Arthur.
The game, which Canucks owner Arthur Griffiths called " the greatest game ever played at Pacific Coliseum ", was the only time in five attempts that the Canucks won a Finals game at the Coliseum.
Arthur is now living off Eileen ’ s immoral earnings, and she is a client of a Conservative MP, Major Archibald Paxville ( Ronald Fraser ), who she unsuccessfully attempts to blackmail.
Einstein was not alone in his attempts to unify electromagnetism and gravity ; a large number of mathematicians and physicists, including Hermann Weyl, Arthur Eddington, Theodor Kaluza, and R. Bach also attempted to develop approaches that could unify these interactions.

Arthur and determine
It is impossible now to determine what effect Arthur might have had on the authorities.
In a declaration made on the 16 June 1673 by Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, the Lord Privy Seal, in reference to a dispute over the exercise of authority over the Officers of Arms the powers of the Earl Marshal were stated as " to have power to order, judge, and determine all matters touching arms, ensigns of nobility, honour, and chivalry ; to make laws, ordinances, and statutes for the good government of the Officers of Arms ; to nominate Officers to fill vacancies in the College of Arms ; to punish and correct Officers of Arms for misbehaviour in the execution of their places ".
When the fires died away, a body was found inside the boot of a car with a face so charred it was impossible to determine the identity of the man ; the numberplate of the car was intact, however, and traced to an Alfred Arthur Rouse.
Proponents, such as philosopher Arthur Caplan, state that it is an individual's ( rather than government's, or physician's ) right to determine whether to use a drug for cosmetic purposes.
This was the first retail measurement of its kind and for the first time allowed a company to determine its “ share ” of the market -- the origination of the concept of " market share " Arthur C. Nielsen is credited with coining this business term.
At the Congressional level, with a 37-37 split between Republicans and Democrats in the Senate and with a second third-party candidate willing to caucus with the latter, Mahone's affiliation would determine which party would control the Senate, since under Senate rules, Vice President of the United States Chester A. Arthur, a Republican, would cast any tie-breaking votes.

Arthur and Question
After some brief contemplation, Ford and Arthur realize that this is, in fact, a detrimental " cock-up ," and that the Earth will never produce the proper Question, thus destroying all hope of ever finding out what it is.
Instead, with Arthur Balfour ’ s Constructive Unionism approach to settling the Irish Question they enacted many important reforms introduced by the Irish members, who, on the other hand, made no effort to settle their party differences.
*" The Tom Brown Question " in P. G. Wodehouse's Tales of St. Austin's ( 1903 ) has a schoolboy expressing the opinion that the second part, featuring Arthur, was written by an improving committee and not by the vigorous hand of Thomas Hughes.
Isaac Asimov's The Last Question, Greg Bear's Blood Music, and Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End provide diversions on this theme.

Arthur and Ultimate
In the Ultimate Universe, Longshot is not an alien but an ordinary mutant named Arthur Centino.
* The Ultimate Arthur Alexander ( 1993 ) Label: Razor & Tie
In Arthur C. Clarke's 1956 science fiction short story, " The Ultimate Melody ," a scientist, Gilbert Lister, develops the ultimate melody – one that so compels the brain that its listener becomes completely and forever enraptured by it.
In Ultimate X-Men, a re-imagination of the X-Men in the alternate universe Ultimate Marvel imprint, the superhero Longshot has the civilian name Arthur Centino — his last name an anagram of " Nocenti " and his first name an homage to artist Arthur Adams, the original character's co-creators.
In the Ultimate Marvel Universe, Mole Man was a Baxter Building scientist named Dr. Arthur Molekevic.

Arthur and Life
According to the Life of Saint Gildas, written in the early 12th century by Caradoc of Llancarfan, Arthur is said to have killed Gildas ' brother Hueil and to have rescued his wife Gwenhwyfar from Glastonbury.
In the Life of Saint Cadoc, written around 1100 or a little before by Lifris of Llancarfan, the saint gives protection to a man who killed three of Arthur's soldiers, and Arthur demands a herd of cattle as wergeld for his men.
* Russell, Arthur T. ( 1863 ) Memoirs of the Life and Works of Lancelot Andrewes, Lord Bishop of Winchester.
The first was one of Wellington ( The Duke: Being an Account of the Life & Achievements of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1943 ).
The 12th-century Life of Gildas claims that Gildas had in fact written extensively about Arthur, but then angrily excised him from the text after Arthur killed his brother, Huail.
* Travel writer Richard Halliburton ( 1900 – 1939 ) gathered material, including an interview with Brooke's mother, for an eventual biography of Brooke, but completion of the task fell to Arthur Springer whose Red Wine of Youth — A Life of Rupert Brooke, benefitting from Halliburton's researches, appeared in 1952.
Anders was born to U. S. Navy Lt. Arthur F. Anders and Muriel Adams Anders in Hong Kong, and was active in the Boy Scouts of America where he achieved its second-highest rank, Life Scout.
In Life in the Wires, edited by Arthur Kroker and Marilouise Kroker, 86 – 98.
* David H. Miller and Mark J. Stegmaier, James F. Milligan: His Journal of Fremont's Fifth Expedition, 1853 – 1854 ; His Adventurous Life on Land and Sea, Arthur H. Clark Co., 1988.
Wallace Beery's notable silent films include Arthur Conan Doyle's dinosaur epic The Lost World ( 1925 ; as Professor Challenger ), Robin Hood with Douglas Fairbanks ( Beery played King Richard the Lionheart in this film and a sequel the following year called Richard the Lion-Hearted ), Last of the Mohicans ( 1920 ), The Round-Up ( 1920 ; with Roscoe Arbuckle ), Old Ironsides ( 1926 ), Now We're in the Air ( 1927 ), The Usual Way ( 1913 ), Casey at the Bat ( 1927 ), and Beggars of Life ( 1928 ) with Louise Brooks.
* " For the Term of His Natural Life " by Marcus Clarke is a 19th Century novel dealing with the main characters deportation to the Port Arthur penal colony in Hobart, Australia in 1830.
West has recorded over fifty audiobooks, among which are the Shakespeare plays All's Well That Ends Well, Coriolanus, Henry V, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing and Richard II, the Wind on Fire trilogy by William Nicholson ( The Wind Singer, Slaves of the Mastery and Firesong ), the Arthur trilogy by Kevin Crossley-Holland ( The Seeing Stone, At the Crossing Places and King of the Middle March ), five books by Sebastian Faulks ( Charlotte Gray, Birdsong, The Girl at the Lion d ' Or, Human Traces and A Possible Life ), four by Michael Ridpath ( Trading Reality, Final Venture, Free to Trade, and The Marketmaker ), two by George Orwell ( Nineteen Eighty-Four and Homage to Catalonia ), two by Mary Wesley ( An Imaginative Experience and Part of the Furniture ), two by Robert Goddard ( Closed Circle and In Pale Battalions ) and several compilations of poetry ( Realms of Gold: Letters and Poems of John Keats, Bright Star, The Collected Works of Shelley, Seven Ages, Great Narrative Poems of the Romantic Age and A Shropshire Lad ).
News magazine Life observed in a 1940 article: " Next to Garbo, Jean Arthur is Hollywood's reigning mystery woman ".
* John Dickson Carr-The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
** “ Half – Life ,” written by Alan Grant and Tony Luke, art by Arthur Ranson, in Judge Dredd Megazine # 214 – 217 ( 2003 )
His Life and Letters was edited by his son, Sir Arthur Hort, Bart.
The year 1813 in literature involved some significant new books, including Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Robert Southey with Life of Nelson, Arthur Schopenhauer's Sufficient Reason, and Shelley's Queen Mab.
* Prothero, R. E. & Bradley, G. G. ( 1893 ) The Life and Correspondence of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley.
* There is a Life and Times by John Arthur Ransome Marriott ( 1907 ): see also S. R. Gardiner's History of England ; History of the Civil War ; the same author's article in the Dictionary of National Biography.
In 1834 Hallam published The Remains in Prose and Verse of Arthur Henry Hallam, with a Sketch of his Life.
The biography, Life of Arnold, published two years after his early death by one of Arnold's former pupils Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, is considered one of the best works of its class in the language and added to his growing reputation.
* Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold, London: Fellowes, 1845 ( original 1844 ).
* Arthur Murphy-An Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson

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