History Of The Piano The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence‚ Italy. When he built his first piano is not entirely clear‚ but Franceso Mannucci wrote in his diary that Cristofori was working on an "arcicembal che fa il piano e il forte" ("harpsichord that plays both softly and loudly") as early as 1698. All of his surviving instruments date from the 1720s. Cristofori built only about 20 pianofortes before he died at age 75 in 1731‚ roughly 21 years after he invented the first
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the plain Once more a king he strode; And heard the tinkling caravans Descend the mountain-road. From the second stanza onwards‚ his dream is described vividly by the poet. We come to know from the phrase “lordly Niger” that his native land was Africa. “Once more a king he strode” makes us guess that perhaps he was the King of a tribe of his land. In his sleep‚ he once again relives the days of his freedom and he almost hears the “tinkling caravans/ Descend the mountain road”. He saw once more
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irritated and frustrated. Days passed‚ and soon weeks passed‚ and still no steamer. Eventually the men started thinking the steamer may never return. The lousy trading station did not have any ivory or luxury items to trade‚ so Makola decided to take matters into his own hands. Makola traded the workers for ivory because “ those traders wanted carriers badly‚ and our men were no good here” (90). Makola thought he was doing the best thing for the company‚ but by trading all the workers‚ the business was
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THE GOLDFISH ELEONORE FARJEON There was once a Goldfish who lived in the sea in the days when all fishes lived there. He was perfectly happy‚ and had only one care; and that was to avoid the net that floated about in the water now here‚ now there. But all the fish had been warned by King Neptune‚ their father‚ to avoid the net‚ and in those days they did as they were bid. So the Goldfish enjoyed a glorious life‚ swimming for days and days in the blue and green water: sometimes low down close to
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An analysis on "Elegy written in a Country Churchyard" "Elegy written in a Country Churchyard" is composed by Thomas Gray.The main idea of this poem is the contemplation of mortality. Thomas Gray’s life was surrounded by loss and death. In 1750‚ the death of his close friend stimulated him to brood on the philosophy of death. An elegy is a poem which lamets the dead. In this poem‚ the poet concentrated on the death of commen people instead of great and famous one. The biggest achivement of
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name professor class date Greedy Blackberry Pickers The poem Blackberry-Picking‚ by Seamus Heaney‚ is about a group of children who become overexcited over picking berries then sobbing after their hard work has rotted away due to the fermentation of the picked berries. Through this ordinary depiction of fruit rotting‚ the author illustrates the theme of human aging and mortality. The author expresses this theme through a
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"Antioch University McGregor" and then "Antioch University Midwest." He had an informal teaching style‚ which many of his students remembered with affection‚ often sitting with his feet up on the lecture desk. When not sitting‚ he was invariably jangling keys and coins in his pockets. In the book The Human Side of Enterprise‚ McGregor identified an approach of creating an environment within which employees are motivated via authoritative‚ direction and control or integration and self-control‚
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Who are you? No‚ really‚ have you ever considered that question? Identity is the collection of attributes that defines how we see ourselves. In this big world‚ each individual is like a grain of sand on a beach; none of them are any more significant than another. At the same time‚ there are the occasional grains‚ which are larger than the rest‚ the ones with greater influence than the others. In essence‚ Emerson’s words are as true as when he spoke them. In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness‚ Franz
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The Crucible. In The Crucible the children of Salem were running the courts as said by John Proctor “I’ll tell you what’s walking in Salem - vengeance is walking in Salem. We are what we always were in Salem‚ but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom‚ and common vengeance writes the law! This warrant’s vengeance! I’ll not give my wife to vengeance!" This happened to McCarthyism also. If you didn’t like someone you could accuse them of being a communist
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In Anne Trumbore’s “Spite” dramatic point of view and juxtaposition of the mother’s screams with the math problem characterizes the narrator as someone who feels unloved. She distances herself from her mother in the opening paragraph. In this excerpt the author describes the incident as‚ “A thirty-five-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis fell while taking a shower. She screamed for her husband. He did not hear her (1)”. This paragraph‚ including this specific line‚ are delivered in 3rd person
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