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...s Brutus]] increased the number of Senators to three hundred (according to legend), they were also called ''Conscripti'' ("Conscripted Men"), because Brutus

...are told of the earlier Irish High King [[Lugaid Laigde]], in [[Arthurian legend]] – one of the most famous versions appears in both [[Geoffrey Chauce

...death, President [[Ronald Reagan]] said, "Joe Louis was more than a sports legend -- his career was an indictment of racial bigotry and a source of pride and

Legend has it that the founding expedition was confronted by a large group of nati

...culture.<ref>Venita Datta, "'L'appel Au Soldat': Visions of the Napoleonic Legend in Popular Culture of the Belle Epoque." ''French Historical Studies'' 2005

...oon' |url=https://www.npr.org/2014/05/27/314614737/mcmurtry-takes-aim-at-a-legend-in-last-kind-words-saloon |work=NPR |date=May 27, 2014 |language=en}}</ref> ...ngeles Review of Books |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/little-big-legend-on-larry-mcmurtrys-custer/ |date=February 3, 2013}}</ref>

* ''Little Pancho: The Life of Tennis Legend Pancho Segura'' (2009), Caroline Seebohm, University of Nebraska Press, Lon

...and portrays a world of disillusion and collapse. The title refers to the legend of the [[Holy Grail]] in which the [[Fisher King]] is wounded and his lands

He was a colorful character and a legend in special operations, often prefacing his stories with ""Now, this one is

...the culture did allow for, and approved voluntary suicide. Popular (movie) legend had long glorified the wounded hero who sacrificed himself to save his squa

* Hazareesingh, Sudhir. "Memory and Political Imagination: the Legend of Napoleon Revisited." ''French History,'' 2004 18(4): 463-483. Issn: 0269

...e set about getting seriously into debt.<ref>MacCarthy, F. Byron: Life and legend. John Murray. 2002. chs 1-6</ref> While at Cambridge he produced his first

*The Legend of the Castle – Gertrude and Chorus

* Davis, Allen F. ''American Heroine: The Life and Legend of Jane Addams'' (Oxford U. Press, 1973), 339pp, solid scholarship but tend

...himself states that he performed textual penance in the form of his [[The Legend of Good Women]]. ...oller for London (1374 to 1386). His ''[[Parlement of Foules]]'', ''[[The Legend of Good Women]]'' and ''[[Troilus and Criseyde]]'' all date from this time.

The scientific achievements of the Library of Alexandria are the stuff of legend. Among the lasting achievements of the Library are Euclid's geometry, along

...bsinthe]] - updates last month, but doesn't it make one forget? (No. Urban legend, except that 50-percent-plus alcohol does do its mite)

...bsinthe]] - updates last month, but doesn't it make one forget? (No. Urban legend, except that 50-percent-plus alcohol does do its mite)

...ech bites, it should be removed and the wound cleaned. There is an [[urban legend]] that if the biting parts of the leech are left in the wound, healing is i

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