In the early hours of that morning Rufus Avery, a colonial officer stationed at Fort Griswold, witnessed the fleet's arrival:

The enemy were still firing upon us ... they discovered they were in danger of being blown up ..." Rufus Avery believed the attack was called off due to the chance that further musket fire might set off the fort's powder magazine.

Fabius Rusticus and Cluvius Rufus both wrote condemning histories on Caligula that are now lost.

Rufus Griswold wrote a biographical article of Poe called " Memoir of the Author ", which he included in an 1850 volume of the collected works.

Among the famous jurists of the republican period are Quintus Mucius Scaevola who wrote a voluminous treatise on all aspects of the law, which was very influential in later times, and Servius Sulpicius Rufus, a friend of Marcus Tullius Cicero.

* The Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus wrote Historiae Alexandri Magni.

As late as 1791, Rufus Putnam wrote to President Washington that " we shall be so reduced and discouraged as to give up the settlement.

Hardy wrote quickly, often adapting plays from French, foreign and classical sources ( Ovid, Lucian, Plutarch, Xenophon, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Josephus, Miguel de Cervantes, Jorge de Montemayor, Boccaccio, François de Rosset ).

Singer and former neighbor Rufus Wainwright wrote a song about her called " Natasha " included on his 2003 album Want One.

The Norrbotten is a 17-piece jazz orchestra for whom Hagans wrote and arranged original compositions with guest artists including Randy Brecker, Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman, Peter Erskine, and Rufus Reid, an enterprise culminating in the Grammy nominated The Avatar Sessions: The Music of Tim Hagans, for which the Norbotten Big Band traveled to New York.

Several men wrote of their affection for her, including Rufus Wilmot Griswold, to whom Osgood dedicated a book of poetry.

Himilco was quoted three times by Rufus Festus Avienus, who wrote Ora Maritima, a poetical account of the geography in the 4th century AD.

Christopher later joined another band called High Voltage with future Rufus members Bobby Watson and Tony Maiden, as well as Lalomie Washburn, who later wrote several Rufus songs.

Justice Rufus Wheeler Peckham wrote the majority opinion in Lochner v. New York.

* Musician Rufus Wainwright wrote a song titled " Grey Gardens ," which appears on his 2001 album Poses.

The following account of his martyrdom is on a high plane and contains a proper appreciation of his principles: when Rufus —" Tyrannus Rufus ," as he is called in Jewish sources — who was the pliant tool of Hadrian's vengeance, condemned the venerable Akiva to the hand of the executioner, it was just the time to recite the Shema.

However, the sea may have been known to earlier mariners, as a poem by the late 4th century AD author, Rufus Festus Avienus, describes a portion of the Atlantic as being covered with seaweed, citing a now-lost account by the 5th-century BC Carthaginian explorer Himilco the Navigator.

In 1982, Rufus Stokes was granted a doctor of science degree from Heed University in Hollywood, Florida on account of his scientific achievements.

In 94 BC, Norbanus was accused of minuta maiestas ( treason ) under the Lex Appuleia by Publius Sulpicius Rufus on account of the disturbances that had taken place at the trial of Caepio, but the eloquence of Marcus Antonius secured his acquittal.

Henry I of England seized power after the death of his elder brother William Rufus and subsequently invaded and captured the Duchy of Normandy, controlled by his eldest brother Robert Curthose, defeating Robert's army at the battle of Tinchebray.

Early in his career, Thurstan held the prebendary of Consumpta in the diocese of London, and served both William Rufus and Henry I as a royal clerk.

On the death of William I, Ranulf chose to serve the new king of England, William Rufus.

On the death of Rufus in 1100, Ranulf was imprisoned in the Tower of London by Rufus ' successor Henry I of England.

He was also a councilor and advisor to both King William I and his son, King William II, known as William Rufus.

I 1, showing a section of Discourse 15 of Gaius Musonius Rufus.

As a kinsman of the Conqueror and one of the few Anglo-Norman barons to remain loyal to the two successive kings William Rufus and Henry I of England, he was a prominent figure in England and Normandy.

Two other national councils were held there ; one by William Rufus, in 1096, and another by Henry I in 1116.

Full of devotion, Akiva recited his prayers calmly, though suffering agonies ; and when Rufus asked him whether he was a sorcerer, since he felt no pain, Akiva replied, " I am no sorcerer ; but I rejoice at the opportunity now given to me to love my God ' with all my life ,' seeing that I have hitherto been able to love Him only ' with all my means ' and ' with all my might ,'" and with the word " One!

But his chief interest is in the histories of the three brothers Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, William Rufus and Henry I of England.

Jones's first entry into professional music came at age sixteen, when he played baritone saxophone on Satellite ( soon to be Stax ) Records ' first hit, " Cause I Love You ", by Rufus Thomas and Carla Thomas.

In the summer of 1960, Rufus Thomas and his daughter Carla would be the first artists to make a recording in this new facility ; the record, " Cause I Love You " ( credited to Rufus & Carla ) would be a substantial regional hit, and would be picked up for national distribution by Atlantic Records on their Atco subsidiary.

* All I Want ( Rufus Wainwright DVD )

It was used subsequently for the coronations of William Rufus ( 1087 ), Henry I ( 1100 ), Stephen ( 1135 ), Henry II ( 1154 ), Richard I ( 1189 and 1194 ), and John ( 1199 ).

The lawyer and orator Rufus Choate said of Ellsworth before the Massachusetts General Assembly: " If the land of Shermans, Griswolds, Daggets and Williams, rich as she is in learning and virtue, has a sounder lawyer, a more upright magistrate, or an honester man in her public service, I know not his name.

Between 1088 and 1092 Turstin appears to have been banished from England, possibly due to support given by him to the claim of Robert Curthose, the eldest son of William I, to the crown over William Rufus.

In 1094 Rufus sent Roger to hold the castle at Argentan in Normandy, but Roger surrendered it to Philip I of France on the first day of the siege ; Roger and his men were held for ransom and purchased their freedom.

Though Philip I was an ally of Curthose, it is thought that this action was less a betrayal of Rufus and more a result of Roger's dual vassalage between the King of England and the King of France.

Roger continued to be loyal to Rufus but in 1102 joined his brothers ' failed rebellion against Henry I of England in favor of Robert Curthose.

Coincidentally Robert sailed back to Normandy in the company of Count Henry ( later king Henry I ), who had not been part a of the conspiracy against his brother William Rufus.

Malcolm arrived there on 24 August 1093 to find that William Rufus refused to negotiate, insisting that the dispute be judged by the English barons.

The ranch, and the small adobe house he built there, were sold to Rufus King Porter and later to historian Hubert Howe Bancroft.

Influenced by the indigenous church mission theories of Anglican Henry Venn ( 1796 – 1873 ) and American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions secretary Rufus Anderson ( 1796 – 1880 ), from the beginning of the global expansion of the Church of the Nazarene ( including its antecedent groups ), there was a commitment to the development of indigenous churches and districts within the framework of a unitary global denomination under the authority of the Manual.

The 4th century Roman poet Rufus Avienus Festus, writing on geographical subjects in Ora Maritima (" Seacoasts "), a document inspired by a Greek mariners ' Periplus, related that the Oestriminis ( Extreme West in Latin ) was peopled by the Oestrimni, a people that had been living there for a long time ; they had to flee their homeland after an invasion of serpents.

Historians debate if there were any prominent homosexuals and bisexuals at this time, but it is argued that figures such as Edward II, Richard the Lionheart, Philip II Augustus, and William Rufus were engaged in same-sex relationships.

In addition, 250 individuals are recorded to have had the name Flavius, meaning blond, and there are many named Rufus and Rutilius, meaning red haired and reddish-haired, respectively.

Rufus is thus the first, and still the only, father to debut in the Hot 100's top 10 after his daughter debuted there.

The doctrine of the inner light was defined by Rufus Jones, who first brought the phrase into popular use in 1904, thus: " The Inner Light is the doctrine that there is something Divine, ‘ Something of God ’ in the human soul ".

On one hand, it is clearly pointed to that Rufus is searching for the city of the immortals and therefore the being that he finds there must in fact be the immortal.

The original " Hound Dog " song sung by Big Mama Thornton reached number 1 in 1953, and there were six answer songs in response ; the most successful of these was " Bear Cat ", by Rufus Thomas which reached number 3.

As of 1996, his house has become the Inn of the Turquoise Bear " Since becoming a Bed and Breakfast many celebrities and entertainers have stayed there including Bea Arthur, Rufus Wainwright, Amanda McBroom ( cabaret singer ), Mary Travers ( of Peter, Paul and Mary ), Andy Parker ( of UFO rock band ), Lauren Hutton, Albita ( Cuban Singer ), Chris Calloway ( singer and daughter of Cab Calloway ), Christopher Allport ( actor ), Barney Frank,

King, James Cotton, Rufus Thomas, and Rosco Gordon recorded there in the early 1950s.

The fourth century CE Roman poet on geographical subjects, Rufus Avienus Festus, in Ora Maritima (" Seacoasts "), a poem inspired by a much earlier Greek mariners ' periplus, records that Oestriminis was peopled by the Oestrimni, a people that had lived there for a long time, who had to run away from their native lands after an invasion of serpents.

R. Kelly announced that there will be a return of many cast members including Rufus, Gwendolyn, Big Man and Rosie the Nosy Neighbor.

However, the issue did not die there, and on 6 April 1785 Rufus King introduced a resolution to re-implement the slavery prohibition in the 1784 ordinance, containing a fugitive slave provision in the hope that this would reduce opposition to the objective of the resolution.

He was joined there by Lucius Novius Rufus, the governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, and by the Legio VII Gemina under his command.

He took the message to King Rufus who read it and eventually told Croc that he would need to go to a far away land where there were other Gobbos who might be able to help him to find his parents.

PJ's hosted such acts as The Bobby Fuller Four, The Standells, Rufus Thomas and Trini Lopez who recorded live albums there.

To access the beach there is a path which runs through a wood and a pirate graveyard next to the remains of Rufus Castle, then down stone steps to the cove.