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…] KB 130, from which the Doctrine of Promissory Estoppel originated. The Court held that part of money as requested by the plaintiff, could be recovered. According to Lord Denning, if the plaintiff asked to claim the whole sum of money, he would fail…

…half-forgot wot men's and women's faces wos like, I see yourn.... I see you there a many times plain as ever I see you on them misty marshes. 'Lord strike me dead!' I says each time--and I goes out in the open air to say it under the open heavens--'but wot…

…Romeo's friends, Benvolio and Mercutio, were walking through the streets of Verona, when they were met by a party of the Capulets with the impetuous Tybalt at their head. This was the same angry Tybalt would have fought with Romeo at Lord Capulet's house…

…, the voice was that of the angel Gabriel. Who told Muhammad that he was a messenger of God. After much soul-searching, Muhammad came to believe that the lord who spoke to him through Gabriel was Allah. Muhammad became convinced that he was the last…

…to go to sea had been effectively discouraged by George's mother; instead, he turned to surveying, securing (1748) an appointment to survey Lord Fairfax's lands in the Shenandoah Valley. He helped lay out the Virginia town of Belhaven (now Alexandria) in 1749…

…is a large block of basalt inscribed with a report of a decree passed in 196 BC. Confederate veteran: a veteran of the Civil War who fought for the South. General Hood: Lieutenant-General John B. Hood, a Confederate officer. Lord Melbourne: (1779-1848) Queen…

…her ascension was greeted with approval by most of England's lords, who were largely Protestant and hoped for greater religious tolerance under a Protestant queen. Under the early guidance of Secretary of State Sir William Cecil, Elizabeth repealed Mary's…

…to the protagonist's homosexuality. In 1891 he published Intentions, a collection of dialogues about the aesthetic philosophy; Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, a collection of short stories; and A House Of Pomegranates, a collection of children's' stories. He also…

…        On June 19, 1566 in Theobalds, Hertfordshire, England, Mary Queen of Scots gave birth to her only child, a boy whom she named James. James' father was Henry Stewart, also known as Lord Darnley. Darnley was killed in an unexplained…

…to put back fallen columns and sculpture began in 1928, but the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Lord Elgin, had taken many of the sculptures to England in the early 1800s. Known as the Elgin Marbles, they are on view at the British Museum in London…