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of all their noise, a knock was heard at the door. Now early that evening the Caliph secretly left the palace, accompanied by his grand-vizir, Giafar, and Mesrour, chief of the eunuchs, all three wearing the dresses of merchants. Passing down the street, the Caliph had been attracted by the music of instruments and the sound of laughter, and had ordered his vizir to go and knock at the door of the house, as he wished to enter. The vizir replied that the ladies who lived there seemed to be entertaining

when they perceived that the earth trembled under 11 12 VOLTAIRE their feet, and the sea, swelling and foaming in the harbor, was dashing in pieces the vessels that were riding at anchor. Large sheets of flames and cinders covered the streets and public places; the houses tottered, and were tumbled topsy–turvy even to their foundations, which were themselves destroyed, and thirty thousand inhabitants of both sexes, young and old, were buried beneath the ruins. The sailor, whistling and

obsolète. Le Canada n'a pas non plus suivi la jurisprudence de la Cour d'appel anglaise qui, pour des faits sensiblement similaires à ceux de l'affaire Avery, a déclaré dans l'affaire British Telecommunications PLC v. One in a Million Ltd., (1999) 1 Fleet Street Reports 1, que ((the domain names were registered to take advantage of the distinctive character and reputation of the marks. That is unfair and detrimental )), alors même que les noms de domaine en cause n'avaient pas été activés - donc non employés

place that help control vehicle emissions, and thereby reduce air pollutants, include: • Rio’s 30,000 taxis are powered by natural gas; • Nearly one quarter of Rio’s car fleet uses renewable and low emissions fuel (ethanol); • All gasoline sold in Brazil receives a 25% mixture of ethanol; • In 2008, all of Rio’s public bus fleets will use the new BioDiesel 5%; • Encouragement of alternative modes of transport through the implementation of more than 140 kilometers of bike paths throughout the city

moved to Bearington, Julie has been having a hard time. Whenever we talk about the town, she always complains about it, and I always find myself defending it. It's true I was born and raised in Bearington, so I do feel at home here. I know all the streets. I know the best places to go to buy things, the good bars and the places you stay out of, all that stuff. There is a sense of ownership I have for the town, and more affection for it than for some other burg down the highway. It was home for eighteen

playing with a wealthy Regency set, but didn't have the income to support that lifestyle," says Phillips. He dropped out of school and, accumulating enormous debt with his profligate spending, ended up in the London debtors' prisons of Newgate and Fleet before eventually being convicted of forgery and transported to Australia. "It's all accounted in incredible detail," says Phillips. "I could tell you what public houses he frequented, which prostitutes he saw, the details of his duels!" But it wasn't

cette course à la modernité cache peut-être bien une crainte profondément enracinée de la domination occidentale. Tokyo, désormais grande ville du monde, subit toutefois les conséquences des crises internationales. Ainsi, le krach boursier de Wall Street a non seulement entraîné le pays dans une pauvreté généralisée mais a aussi favorisé l’essor de groupes extrémistes poussant de ce fait le pays dans les bras d’ultra militaristes. La visite du Prince japonais Chichibu, jeune frère de l’empereur japonais

produit intégral du travail. En janvier 1832, l'un des membres les plus remuants du comité de la National Union of the Working Classes, William Benbow, lance l'idée de grève générale. William Benbow tenait le café du Commerce qui se trouvait 205 Fleet Street et où la réputation du patron attirait une nombreuse clientèle d'ouvriers démocrates et socialistes. Benbow mettait d'autant plus d'ardeur à sa propagande sociale qu'elle était en même temps un excellent mode de réclame pour le café du Commerce

riches et les plus puissantes institutions économiques d'Angleterre, comme la Banque d'Angleterre contrôlée par Rothshild, la Lloyd's of London, la Bourse de Londres, les bureaux de konzerns commerciaux à la renommée internationale ainsi que la "Fleet Street", le coeur du monde de la presse et de l'édition. La "City" ne fait pas partie de l'Angleterre. Elle n'est ni sous le contrôle de la monarchie ni sous celui du Parlement britannique. La "City" est le véritable gouvernement de l'Angleterre puisque

avons fait précéder d’une étoile les traductions qui se trouvent en notre possession : * Epictetus Junior or MAXIMES of Modern Morality in Two Centuries, (trad. by John Davies of Kidwelly), London, printed for T. Bassett, at the George in Fleet Street, near Cliffords-Inns, 1670 [D’après l’édition subreptice de Hollande de 1664] * Miscellany, Being a Collection of Poems by Several Hands. Together with Reflections on Morality or Seneca Unmasqued, (trad. by Aphra Behn), London, Printed for