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Congreve

William. 1670--1729, English dramatist, a major exponent of Restoration comedy; author of Love for Love (1695) and The Way of the World (1700)
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Mr Congreve said the workshops would be customised for each location to focus on regionally important herbicides and management issues.
Australia : Optimising Herbicide Performance The Aim Of SA Workshops
Leader of Cardiff Council, Cllr Huw Thomas, said: "We all are deeply saddened at the loss of our friend and colleague, Cllr Wendy Congreve.
'Gentle and courageous' Cardiff councillor Wendy Congreve dies after battle with illness; The Liberal Democrat councillor died following an illness
The coffin was mounted on a Royal Horse Artillery gun carriage and was followed by Lieutenant-General Congreve VC and his son's servant Private Cameron as chief mourners.
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON... VC HEROICS OF 'BILLY THE KID' Last week we featured Burton's Walter Congreve, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his heroics in the Boer War. His son Billy also gained a VC, making the pair one of only three father-son holders of Britain's top military honour. Today, MIKE LOCKLEY looks at the distinguished career of Billy, or to give his full name, William La Touche Congreve
Michael White is the expert garden curator at Mount Congreve and while we were touring the gardens, he nonchalantly plucked a flower and proceeded to munch on it, telling me it's regarded as a delicacy in some parts of the world.
Magical magnolias; THEY COME IN MANY SHAPES, SIZES AND SHADES BUT MAGNOLIAS ARE UNIFORMLY MAGNIFICENT
PASSION Mount Congreve estate manager Ray Sinott takes Diarmuid on a tour
MAGNOLIA MARVELS; They come in many shapes, sizes and shades but these blooms are uniformly magnificent
This later led to the development of the Congreve rocket.
Muslim warrior king's rocket arsenal uncovered
Brynmawr came back strongly, a cracking long pass from Zachary Stuart allowing Congreve to dive over for his second try out wide.
Battling Nant lose out to Bryn scrum; Conwy can't keep up in second half of Plate final
(241) Though Widmayer does not invoke the proto-filmic imagination, either here or in her next chapter on Congreve, I find her discussion provocatively suggestive of such.
Showing and telling on stage and page
American readers will know of Sir William Congreve's work, if not his name, by his rockets that cast their "red glare" over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.
Commodore Squib: The Life, Times and Secretive Wars of England's First Rocket Man, Sir William Congreve, 1772-1828
Gas-light was an experimental form of lighting being pioneered by Congreve in this spectacle.
The arsenal as spectacle
Ambrose Congreve, CBE, who was knighted by the Queen, is owner of Mount Congreve estate in Kilmeaden, in Co Waterford.
MILESTONE FOR GARDEN
Although the club grew to over 50 members the author concentrates on only twelve men and in particular, on Addison, Congreve, Steele, Vanbrugh and Jacob Tonson (the publisher and founder).
The Kit-Cat Club

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