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... in the Crimean War (1854–55), where he first met General Charles George Gordon ... Gordon later described him as "Italian subject, aged 49 (in 1881) ... Royal Artillery." In 1876, while serving for General Gordon, he explored the course of the upper Nile (Bahr El Jebel) and mapped its descent from Lake Albert ...
... Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker, Baron Gordon-Walker CH, PC (7 April 1907 – 2 December 1980) was a British Labour Party politician ...
... Jeff Gordon left the track with a 312-point lead on second-place Tony Stewart ... As a result, Gordon (four wins) dropped to second behind Johnson ... Rank Driver Pre-Chase 1 Jimmie Johnson 2 ... Jeff Gordon 3 ... Tony Stewart 4 ... Carl Edwards 5 ... Kurt Busch 6 ... Denny Hamlin 7 ... Martin Truex, Jr ...
... notable examples of the latter style can be seen in Nelson Street, Gordon ... Gordon is also the location of a notable house designed by the architect Alexander Stewart Jolly ... bungalow, Nelson Street Tulkiyan, designed by B.J.Waterhouse Nebraska Gordon Public School Anglican Church of St John the Evangelist Ravenswood School ...
... In the Railway Series, Gordon's buffers were square and pointy ... Awdry said in a letter to a young fan that the reason for Gordon's unusual buffer shape was simply that he had broken his round buffers and square ones were all that was available at the Works ... in The Three Railway Engines shows Gordon with round buffers.) In the Railway Series story "Gordon Goes Foreign" from The Eight Famous Engines, we find out that Gordon ...
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“There is no freedom in Europe—that’s certain—it is besides a worn out portion of the globe.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure;
Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“I had a dream, which was not all a dream.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“The mountains look on Marathon—
And Marathon looks on the sea;
And musing there an hour alone,
I dreamed that Greece might still be free;
For standing on the Persians’ grave,
I could not deem myself a slave.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“One certainly has a soul; but how it came to allow itself to be enclosed in a body is more than I can imagine. I only know if once mine gets out, I’ll have a bit of a tussle before I let it get in again to that of any other.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon—the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)