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Gilbert's and work
As a physical basis, Kepler drew by analogy on William Gilbert's theory of the magnetic soul of the Earth from De Magnete ( 1600 ) and on his own work on optics.
Published in 1600, Gilbert's work, De Magnete, helped to establish magnetism as a science.
These include Viscount Gilbert de Varèze ( Ruggles ), who owes Maurice a large amount of money for tailoring work ; Gilbert's uncle Duke d ' Artelines ( C. Aubrey Smith ), the family patriarch ; d ' Artelines ' man-hungry niece Valentine ( Loy ); and his other 22-year-old niece, Princess Jeanette ( MacDonald ), who has been a widow for three years.
Caresse published a boxed set of Harry's work titled Collected poems of Harry Crosby containing Chariot of the Sun with D. H. Lawrence's intro, Transit of Venus with T. S. Eliot's intro, Sleeping Together with Stuart Gilbert's intro and Torchbearer in 1931.
The style of Gilbert's work has been described as magic realism or as " magic-realist take on Central American soap opera ".
Some of this is to show what Galileo considered good science, such as the discussion of William Gilbert's work on magnetism.
" The praise for Sullivan's effort was unanimous, though Gilbert's work received some mixed notices.
As with its predecessor, it was designed by Ron Gilbert, Dave Grossman and Tim Schafer, though it would be Gilbert's last work for LucasArts.
Towards the end of Gilbert's life, when he was around ninety years old, some of the lay brothers at Sempringham rose up against him, complaining of too much work and too little food.
In 1983, following celebrations of the nine hundredth anniversary of Gilbert's birth, a number of lay people in the East Midlands of England undertook to sustain the memory and work of Gilbert and the Gilbertine Order by establishing a new secular Order.
The September 2009 opening night gala of the Philharmonic, which was Gilbert's debut as music director, featured a well-received new work by Lindberg, EXPO.
When completed in 1907, the building's Gothic styling and ornamentation served to emphasize its 23-story height, and foreshadowed Gilbert's later work on the Woolworth Building.
Restoration of the lobby revealed some of Gilbert's original terra cotta work that had been covered over during an earlier modernization project.
Marc Shepherd concludes that " while the work is undoubtedly too long if performed without cuts, it is full of bright comic situations and Gilbert's characteristic topsy-turvy wit.
On practical rather than general levels, much work was being done in the areas of navigation, cartography, and surveying — John Widdowes ' A Description of the World ( 1621 ) being one significant volume in this area — as well as in continuing William Gilbert's work on magnetism from the previous reign.
Gilbert's sense of decoration was paramount in all he did, and although in addition to the work already cited he produced busts of extraordinary excellence of Cyril Flower, John R. Clayton ( since broken up by the artist, the fate of much of his admirable work ), G. F. Watts, Sir Henry Tate, Sir George Birdwood, Sir Richard Owen, Sir George Grove and various others, it is on his goldsmithery that the artist would rest his reputation ; on his mayoral chain for Preston, the epergne for Queen Victoria, the figurines of Victory ( a statuette designed for the orb in the hand of the Winchester statue ), St Michael, and St George, as well as smaller objects such as seals, keys and the like.
Anne is greatly saddened to leave the House of Dreams, but knows that the little house is outgrown and Gilbert's work as a doctor requires him to live closer to town.
It was inspired by Charles Allan Gilbert's most famous work, All Is Vanity ( 1892 ).
" Nevertheless, Gilbert was back at the theatre in 1877 with his farce, On Bail ( a revised version of his 1874 work, Committed for Trial ); in 1881, with another farce, Foggerty's Fairy ; and in 1892, with a comic opera, Haste to the Wedding, with music by George Grossmith ( an operatic version of Gilbert's 1873 play, The Wedding March ).
Associate Artists took on a larger role of shaping the subsidized work in the building and as a result there was tremendous success with Daniel MacIvor's Here Lies Henry and The Soldier Dreams, Sky Gilbert's Ten Ruminations on An Elegy Attributed to William Shakespeare tours to glowing reviews in Great Britain with stops in London, Brighton, and Cardiff.
There have also been successful stage-plays based upon the work, such as W. S. Gilbert's Pygmalion and Galatea ( 1871 ).
The CWF was broadcast nationally on the Financial News Network, and Gilbert's creative work was widely praised by wrestling journalists.

Gilbert's and opera
Pinafore relied on stock character types, many of which were familiar from European opera ( and some of which grew out of Gilbert's earlier association with the German Reeds ): the heroic protagonist ( tenor ) and his love-interest ( soprano ); the older woman with a secret or a sharp tongue ( contralto ); the baffled lyric baritone — the girl's father ; and a classic villain ( bass-baritone ).
Gilbert's father had been a naval surgeon, and the nautical theme of the opera appealed to him.
He produced, among other works, Gilbert's final opera, with music by German, Fallen Fairies in 1909 – 10, which ran for only 51 performances.
In 1875, Gilbert's collaborator, Arthur Sullivan ( they had just produced their one-act opera, Trial by Jury at another theatre ), produced The Zoo, and Gilbert was back the same year with his farce, Tom Cobb ; or, Fortune's Toy, and in 1888 with a drama, Brantinghame Hall, under the management of Rutland Barrington, that flopped badly.
He adapted Booth Tarkington's Monsieur Beaucaire ( 1919, with music by André Messager ) as a highly successful light opera and Jean Gilbert's Die Frau im Hermelin ( 1922, The Lady of the Rose ) and Katja, die Tänzerin ( 1925 ), as well as Leo Fall's Madame Pompadour ( 1923 ).
Labouchère's claims to being impartial were ridiculed by his critics, including W. S. Gilbert ( who had been an object of Labouchère's theatrical criticism ) in Gilbert's comic opera His Excellency ( see illustration at right ).
Gilbert's Robert the Devil ( a burlesque of the opera Robert le Diable ) had been on the programme on the theatre's opening night on 21 December 1868, with Nellie Farren in the title role, and played successfully for over 100 nights.
The libretto also reflects Gilbert's fascination with the " Stock Company Act ", highlighting the absurd convergence of natural persons and legal entities, which plays an even larger part in the next opera, Utopia Limited.
Discussions over her playing the role of Yum-Yum in a proposed revival of The Mikado led to another row between Gilbert and Sullivan that prevented the revival, and Gilbert's insistence upon her appearing in his 1894 opera, His Excellency, caused Sullivan to refuse to set the piece.
Much of the satiric spirit ( albeit in a greatly refined form ) of the original ballad opera can be found in Gilbert's contribution to the Savoy operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, and the more pastoral form of ballad opera is imitated, or at least emulated, in one of Gilbert and Sullivan's early works, The Sorcerer.
Also in 1873, dramatist W. S. Gilbert approached Rosa about producing a short comic opera based on one of Gilbert's Bab Ballads, " Trial by Jury: An Operetta ".

Gilbert's and Goldberg
" Goldberg says that it is " dainty, simple and quite in the vein of Gilbert's words, to which, as in almost every later instance, Sullivan's setting provides an original rhythmic piquancy.

Gilbert's and has
* The Modern History Sourcebook has the account of the Gilbert's trip to North America
Gilbert's Cosmo Dog Park has twice made Dog Fancy magazine's list of top dog parks in the nation since opening in 2006, including being named Dog Park of the Year in 2007.
" The Pall Mall Gazette also praised Sullivan's contribution but disparaged Gilbert's: in its view, the music " has not its equal in the whole Sullivan and Gilbert series ", but the book had " not merely a sense of cheapness but the sense of weariness even to exhaustion.
Gilbert's syndrome produces an elevated level of unconjugated bilirubin in the bloodstream but normally has no serious consequences.
Gilbert's syndrome has, however, been linked to an increased risk of gallstones.
Since 2007 she has appeared in a number of episodes of the CBS TV series The Big Bang Theory as Leslie Winkle, a scientist friend of Leonard Hofstadter, who is played by Johnny Galecki, who had previously played Gilbert's love interest David Healy on Roseanne.
Although the Department of Defense claims all of the servicemen above as accounted for, Major Troy Gilbert's body has not been recovered.
Gerald has long been haunted by a drunken revelation by his friend Gilbert, who was involved with this excavation, that the whole thing was a hoax perpetrated to embarrass Gilbert's father.
The subject of Thespis is unquestionably funny .... Mr. Arthur Sullivan has entered with heart into the spirit of Mr. Gilbert's fun, he has brightened it up with the most fanciful and delightful music ".
Of Gilbert's contribution, the Illustrated London News reported, " Mr. W. S. Gilbert has returned to the Gilbert of the past, and everyone is delighted.
The Manchester Guardian concurred: " Mr. Gilbert's tendency to over-elaboration has nowhere shown itself so obtrusively .... Mr. Gilbert has introduced too many whimsical ideas which practically bear no relation to the story proper ".
Outside the game show genre, Gilbert's voice has been heard on the CBS television special Circus of the Stars, in People's Choice Awards and Emmy Awards ceremonies, and on episodes of the animated series The Angry Beavers and Johnny Bravo.
She has also worked at the Royal National Theatre: playing as a junior member of the company in 1975, as Freda in Peter Hall's Old Vic production of John Gabriel Borkman ( starring Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and Wendy Hiller ) and as Maggie in W. S. Gilbert's Engaged ; in 1995, as Lady Politic Would-Be in Matthew Warchus's Volpone ; and in 2003 as Dotty Otley in the NT's touring ( and London ) revival of Noises Off.
For the musical that has run for more than 40 years at the Charlottetown Festival which focuses on Anne and Gilbert's relationship, the CD recording features as Gilbert.
Sorrel reaches Gilbert's abode only to discover that he has been unable to, despite constant efforts, to locate the Rim of Heaven.
Gilbert's motives are not clear, but it has been speculated by staff at the Northampton VAMC that her intent was to demonstrate her nursing skills by creating emergency situations, since there were an unusual number of cardiac arrests during the time in question, and many of the patients survived.

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