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In Chapter 18 of the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde ( 1854 – 1900 ), the character Lord Henry Wotton says to a young Dorian Gray: " The only horrible thing in the world is ennui, Dorian.
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In terms of a rudimentary chronology, Poirot speaks of retiring to grow marrows in Chapter 18 of The Big Four ( 1927 ), which places that novel out of published order before Roger Ackroyd.
The earlier period would place Obadiah as a contemporary of the prophet Elijah as reflected in 1 Kings, Chapter 18, Verses 1-16.
In many cases, OCI will pursue cases where Title 18 violations have occurred ( e. g. conspiracy, false statements, wire fraud, mail fraud ), in addition to prohibited acts as defined in Chapter III of the FD & C Act.
Almost all modern scholars consider the reference in Book 18, Chapter 5, 2 of the Antiquities to the imprisonment and death of John the Baptist to also be authentic.
Scholars have differing opinions on the total or partial authenticity of the reference in Book 18, Chapter 3, 3 of the Antiquities to the execution of Jesus by Pontius Pilate, a passage usually called the Testimonium Flavianum.
In the Antiquities of the Jews ( Book 18, Chapter 5, 2 ) Josephus refers to the imprisonment and death of John the Baptist by order of Herod Antipas, the ruler of Galilee and Perea.
The Testimonium Flavianum ( meaning the testimony of Flavius < nowiki ></ nowiki >) is the name given to the passage found in Book 18, Chapter 3, 3 of the Antiquities in which Josephus describes the condemnation and crucifixion of Jesus at the hands of the Roman authorities.
The Westminster Confession of Faith teaches on Perseverance of the Saints in its Chapter 17 and on Assurance of Grace and Salvation in its Chapter 18.
* Andreu Nin, one of the founders of the Workers ' Party of Marxist Unification ( POUM ), the party mocked by Karkov in Chapter 18.
In Chapter 18, for example, he uses a metaphor of a lion and a fox, examples of cunning and force ; according to, “ the Roman author from whom Machiavelli in all likelihood drew the simile of the lion and the fox ” was Cicero.
In Chapter 18, Zhuangzi also mentions life forms have an innate ability or power ( hua 化 ) to transform and adapt to their surroundings.
* Melton, J. Gordon Encyclopedia of American Religions 5th Edition New York: 1996 Gale Research ISBN 0-8103-7714-4 ISSN 1066 – 1212 Chapter 18 --" The Ancient Wisdom Family of Religions " Pages 151-158 ; see chart on page 154 listing Masters of the Ancient Wisdom ; Also see Section 18, Pages 717-757 Descriptions of various Ancient Wisdom religious organizations
Chapter and novel
* In Philip Roth's second Chapter of his novel Our Gang (' 71 ), Trick E. Dixon in a fictive speech tries to claim Helsingør as US-territory and tries to convince the audience to occupy the area
Earlier in the novel, in an intended rape at Shantytown ( Chapter 44 ), Scarlett is attacked by a black man and saved by another black man, Big Sam.
As is clearly stated in the novel ( Chapter 16 ), HAL stands for Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer.
Details of Pytheas ’ voyage also serve as the backdrop for Chapter I of Poul Anderson ’ s science fiction novel, The Boat of a Million Years.
The title of the film and novel is based upon a passage from Biblical book of The Song of Solomon or Song of Songs, Chapter 7: 12: " Let us get up early to the vineyards.
However, Sayers ' first reference to Le Fanu appears in an earlier Lord Peter Wimsey novel, The Nine Tailors ( 1934 ), where he is quoted directly ( from Wylder's Hand, in the opening to the seventh " part " of Chapter II and again in the opening to the second " part " of Chapter III ) and a mysterious letter is referred to ( first by Wimsey's valet, Mervyn Bunter ) as " written by a person of no inconsiderable literary ability, who had studied the works of Sheridan Lefanu and was, if I may be permitted the expression, bats in the belfry, my lord.
) Mao Zonggang, a commentator on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, mentions in his commentary on Chapter 120 of the novel that:
* Robert A. Heinlein named a spaceship after him in his 1957 novel Citizen of the Galaxy, a ' Free Trader ' ship called the Norbert Wiener mentioned in Chapter 14.
The protagonist wonders if he is like Tithonus in Book 4, Chapter 1, of Alec Waugh ( brother of Evelyn Waugh )' s novel, The Loom of Youth.
In the process of coming up with the title of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald had considered several titles for his book including " Trimalchio " and " Trimalchio in West Egg ;" Fitzgerald characterizes Gatsby as Trimalchio in the novel, notably in the first paragraph of Chapter VII: " It was when curiosity about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night — and, as obscurely as it had begun, his career as Trimalchio was over.
Acomita is mentioned in Willa Cather's 1927 novel Death Comes for the Archbishop, Book Three Chapter 1.
Acoma is mentioned in Willa Cather's 1927 novel Death Comes for the Archbishop, Book Three Chapter 4.
Acoma is mentioned in Willa Cather's 1927 novel Death Comes for the Archbishop, Book Three Chapter 4.
Tesuque is mentioned in Willa Cather's 1927 novel Death Comes for the Archbishop, Book Nine Chapter 1.
Chapter One was first published as a whole in a booklet on February 16, 1825, with a foreword that suggests Pushkin had no clear plan on how ( or even whether ) he would continue the novel.
* In Chapter 12 of a later Poirot novel, Mrs McGinty's Dead ( 1952 ), Christie's alter ego, Ariadne Oliver, refers to a novel of hers in which she made a blowpipe one foot long only to be told later that they were six feet long.
Also, in the Captain Future novel " Planets in Peril " ( 1942 ) by Edmond Hamilton, Chapter 13 " Phantom Prisoners ", Captain Future is sent to the " Vault of the Unbodied "... essentially an early version of the Phantom Zone.
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