Although the species called " stormy petrel " in English is not one of those to which the burevestnik name is applied in Russian ( it, in fact, is known in Russian as an entirely un-romantic kachurka ), the English translators uniformly used the " stormy petrel " image in their translations of the poem, usually known in English as The Song of the Stormy Petrel.

features his portrait and a stormy petrel over a stormy sea

The more specific ' storm petrel ' or ' stormy petrel ' is a reference to their habit of hiding in the lee of ships during storms.

Writing in 1936, Emma Goldman referred to Buenaventura Durruti as "… this stormy petrel of the anarchist and revolutionary movement …".

The " stormy petrel " is also the mascot of Oglethorpe University, a small liberal arts college located in Atlanta, Georgia.

The motif of the stormy petrel has a long association with revolutionary anarchism.

Writing in 1936, Emma Goldman referred to Durruti as “… this stormy petrel of the anarchist and revolutionary movement …”

The name Mother Carey's Chicken was used in early literature and often applied to several petrel species while the generic name of stormy petrel referred to the idea that their appearance foretold stormy weather.

Van Mildert is often described as a ' stormy petrel ' on account of his outspoken expression of his views.

The language calling for revolution is coded — the proud stormy petrel, unafraid of the storm

of Maxim Gorky, featuring his portrait and a stormy petrel over the storm sea

Between the clouds and the sea proudly soars the stormy petrel, as a streak of black lightning.

: The stupid penguin cowardly hides blubber in the rocks ... only the proud stormy petrel soars bold and free over the grey sea froth!

: The stormy petrel soars with a scream, a streak of black lightning, as an arrow pierces the clouds, on wing-tip slicing the wave froth.

: The bold stormy petrel proudly flies between the lightning and the frothing anger of the sea ; now screams the prophet of victory:

The woman turned out to be Stalin's daughter Svetlana, desperately seeking extension of her visa to build a memorial for her late husband Brajesh Singh of the Kalkanker royal family. Since the erstwhile USSR was opposed to India entertaining Svetlana, even the fact that Singh's nephew, Dinesh Singh, was in Indira Gandhi's inner circle did not help. Lohia, the stormy petrel of Indian politics, was her last hope.

The very power of the people appears to be " blowing " through the scene with the stormy weather, in a sense alluding to the storm that would be the revolution.

His family appears to have been well-off, but, during the stormy reign of Henry III of England, their property was despoiled and several members of the family were driven into exile.

Malesherbes, the courageous defender of Louis XVI, bears the following eloquent testimony to this young hero of the Cévennes: " I confess ," he says, " that this warrior, who, without ever having served, found himself by the mere gift of nature a great general, this Camisard who was bold to punish a crime in the presence of a fierce troop which maintained itself by little crimes — this coarse peasant who, when admitted at twenty years of age into the society of cultivated people, caught their manners and won their love and esteem, this man who, though accustomed to a stormy life, and having just cause to be proud of his success, had yet enough philosophy in him by nature to enjoy for thirty-five years a tranquil private life — appears to me to be one of the rarest characters to be found in history.

Dorien's mother appears on screen once but is often mentioned by her daughter as an icy, domineering woman, and the two clearly have a stormy relationship.

alt = English and Dutch sailing ships clash on a stormy sea ; a wreck of a sinking vessel can be seen in the foreground, whilst the sky is full busy white clouds.

He wrote that the first chapter of the history of British India " embraces chronologically the first half of George III's reign, that stormy period of transition in English history when at the same time America was lost and India won ... covers the two great careers of Robert Clive and Hastings ... he end of the struggle is marked by the reign of Lord Cornwallis, which began in 1785.

The contest was started in 1982 by Professor Scott E. Rice of the English Department at San Jose State University and is named for English novelist and playwright Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, author of the much-quoted first line " It was a dark and stormy night ".

He is best remembered for the opening line to the novel Paul Clifford, which begins " It was a dark and stormy night ............" and is considered by some to be the worst opening sentence in the English language.

Among artists attracted to Jersey in the 19th century was Sarah Louisa Kilpack ( 1839 – 1909 ), an English artist noted for seascapes and coastal scenes, often stormy, produced for exhibition in London.

The contest, sponsored by the English Department of San Jose State University, recognizes the worst examples of " dark and stormy night " writing.

They used the English house with a hall and parlor as a model, adapting this design with local materials to best protect against New England's notoriously stormy weather.

Bulwer-Lytton's name lives on in the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, in which contestants think-up terrible openings for imaginary novels, inspired by the first line of his novel Paul Clifford: It was a dark and stormy night ; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets ( for it is in London that our scene lies ), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.

Foscolo, who, for causes not clearly explained, had changed his Christian name Niccolò to that of Ugo, now began to take an active part in the stormy political discussions which the fall of the republic of Venice had provoked.

On stormy days, they swayed and creaked, reminding people of washing-boats on the nearby Seine River -- hence the name.

The name Stormarn may be derived from " storm ", hence meaning " stormy land ".

Her stormy marriages, her romances with famous stars, her forays into politics and feminist causes kept her name before the public.

: Driven by her dream of becoming a fashion designer and having all the stores sell her handiwork under the brand name " Happy Berry ", Mikako is at her most conspicuous when she is inspired or in a stormy mood for one reason or another.

He cast anchor in the harbor of San Francisco early in April 1806, after a stormy voyage which had defeated his intention to take possession of the Columbia River in the name of Russia.

This is the origin of his name " Nahshol " = " stormy sea-waves ".

He then bowled a wicketless but " stormy " 19 overs " as if the devil were at his heels " and, after England had set Australia a final target of 151 runs, took two wickets which along with Botham's five-wicket haul dismissed the Australians for 121 and handed England a 29-run victory and a series lead.

* Benjamin is the main character in Beloved, a novel in which author Viña del Mar depicts a stormy relationship between Benjamin and his wife Natalie, who is portrayed as incorrigibly unfaithful.

His pastorate was a stormy one: an outspoken group of parishioners opposed his ordination ; in 1751, he was dismissed after charges against his moral character which, according to one biography, " were supported by proof and also by his own confession.

Söderberg had for a number of years a stormy on / off relationship with Maria von Platen ( b. 1871, d. 1959 ), a relationship which is said to have influenced him in his writing, especially his 1906 play Gertrud, and for the character of Lydia in The Serious Game.

During his early days as a professional cricketer, Ramprakash had a reputation as a something of a mercurial and stormy character.

The poem bore the subtitle " A magyar nép zivataros századaiból " (" From the stormy centuries of the Hungarian people "); it is often argued that this subtitle – by emphasizing past rather than contemporary national troubles – was added expressly to enable the poem to pass Habsburg censorship.