Search results for "Refuge" - New World Encyclopedia
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- the Agra Fort where the British had taken refuge. Senior posts followed. In ... family, with other British residents, took refuge in the Agra Fort. The Muirs ...26 KB (3,916 words) - 10:37, 11 May 2023
- with a further 150 emergency forts (places de refuge), to be maintained at the Huguenots' own expense. Such an act of toleration was unusual ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 17:25, 6 October 2020
- herself and also pregnant, at that. She sought refuge in the hermitage of the sage Valmiki, where she delivered twin sons, Lava and Kusha. Sita raised ...19 KB (3,150 words) - 22:35, 29 January 2023
- His legend states that Caius took refuge in the catacombs of Rome and died a martyr. However, as his episcopacy dates from a period of peace ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 09:27, 24 November 2022
- Marie Antoinette often sought refuge at the Petit Trianon, where she attempted to re-create the intimate musical and theatrical productions of ...10 KB (1,468 words) - 01:37, 24 November 2022
- it may have been easier for her to take refuge outside her country; a man ... #039;s "standing as a country of refuge" would be compromised ...26 KB (3,973 words) - 12:30, 2 October 2020
- purpose of art was to provide a temporary refuge from the world of blind strife ... tended to look to Art as a contemplative refuge from the world of strife ...23 KB (3,250 words) - 01:57, 27 February 2023
- New York Charity Organization in 1882, the House of Refuge for Women (later known as the State Training School for Girls) in 1886, the Woman's Municipal ...10 KB (1,566 words) - 19:42, 7 September 2022
- [[Image:Wapiti on the National Elk Refuge.jpg|right|thumb|240px|Elk ... for up to six months on the National Elk Refuge. Conservationists there ensure ...32 KB (4,952 words) - 08:44, 31 December 2021
- life to the Three Precious Ones, seeking refuge not for himself but for all ... of Tibet, the 14th Dalai Lama sought refuge within India. The then Indian ...29 KB (4,223 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- the young man three things: 1) Taking refuge in the Three Jewels of Buddha ... believed he had gone mad during his jungle refuge. He explained to his parents ...20 KB (3,073 words) - 05:55, 21 August 2023
- Britain in serious difficulty, Jones sought refuge in Canada in 1908 in the post of psychiatric consultant at the Toronto General Hospital. There followed ...11 KB (1,522 words) - 01:05, 7 September 2023
- the late 1930s the nursing home became a refuge for Jews fleeing from Germany ... The Ten Boom house in Haarlem, North Holland, was a place of refuge ...21 KB (3,559 words) - 03:35, 8 January 2024
- No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave, And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave ...9 KB (1,528 words) - 04:51, 9 April 2024
- law, a refugee is someone who seeks refuge in a foreign country because ... the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the ...35 KB (5,240 words) - 19:39, 16 April 2023
- of Russia, and still others sought refuge with the Kazakhs. ... Prince Amursana, fled to the North to seek refuge with the Russians. Approximately ...21 KB (3,293 words) - 13:28, 25 September 2020
- Accounts also claim that Lancelot sought the refuge of Glastonbury Abbey after the death of King Arthur. Fueled by the legacy of myth, Glastonbury ...11 KB (1,740 words) - 17:35, 23 May 2024
- role in providing shelter for scholars who sought refuge from Nazi persecution. In 1937, Beveridge was appointed Master of University College ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 15:39, 6 May 2023
- exorcism of incubi or succubi who have taken refuge in, respectively, the bodies of men or women. Incubi were sometimes said to be able to conceive ...10 KB (1,633 words) - 19:43, 28 February 2018
- a man in all respects. She said: “Verily! I seek refuge with the Most Beneficent (Allah) from you, if you do fear Allah.” (The angel) said: “I am ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 07:35, 15 April 2024
- a single legion and a few auxiliaries. He had given refuge to an exiled Irish king whom he hoped he might use as the excuse for conquest. This conquest ...11 KB (1,658 words) - 17:47, 23 May 2024
- . The prophet Amos spoke of Carmel as a place of refuge which would, however, not suffice on the day of God's reckoning (Amos 9:3}. It is referred ...10 KB (1,644 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- deserts of Egypt and Syria, which had once been a refuge for the persecuted, began to be considered a home, a destination where devoted Christians could ...11 KB (1,740 words) - 00:48, 23 December 2022
- blocking the path of the snake to its refuge, can result in the snake becoming aggressive, with deadly results. This is coupled with the fact ...12 KB (1,749 words) - 11:00, 9 March 2023
- with the Giant Panda, the sanctuary provides refuge to other endangered species such as the Red Panda, the Snow Leopard, and the Clouded Leopard. ...13 KB (1,731 words) - 20:05, 21 April 2023
- of King Bolesław II the Bold, who had to seek refuge in Hungary and was succeeded by his brother, Władysław I Herman. Whether Stanisław should be ...11 KB (1,749 words) - 13:40, 5 September 2022
- chaotic environment in which his only refuge was his mother, Minnie. While his father was an addicted drunkard who could not refrain from exceeding ...11 KB (1,818 words) - 05:07, 9 April 2024
- During the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), Monet took refuge in England to avoid the conflict. While there he studied the works of John Constable ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 10:58, 19 December 2023
- century B.C.E. The caves in the city provided refuge to King Valagamba (also called Vattagamini Abhaya) in his fourteen year long exile from the Anuradapura ...13 KB (1,949 words) - 18:09, 24 January 2024
- to Ripley, Ohio, where he may have taken refuge with Rev. John Rankin (1793–1886 ... a place where American slaves sought as refuge from the U.S. In effect, ...21 KB (3,294 words) - 01:36, 3 May 2023
- thumb|200px|left|Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge at sunrise.]] Pogo was a landmark strip in many ways and Kelly is arguably one of the greatest ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 22:09, 3 May 2023
- of this persecution, Ulfilas was compelled to seek refuge in Moesia, along with many of his Christian converts. In Moesia, he conceived the idea ...12 KB (1,877 words) - 14:10, 20 May 2023
- against Spanish rule, he felt forced to take refuge with his family in the palace of the Viceroy for some months. In 1651 he sold the large house he ...11 KB (1,669 words) - 06:44, 28 February 2023
- one nest in the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge. With the use of management and regulations, there are about 130 nests in the Refuge today. There ...31 KB (4,768 words) - 11:11, 10 March 2023
- As early as the twelfth century, the Waldensians were granted refuge ... were warmly received. There they found refuge and rest. Deceived by false ...32 KB (4,791 words) - 23:19, 17 January 2024
- at Abélard's bidding, she sought refuge in the convent of Argenteuil ... Abélard, fearing new persecution, left the Oratory to find another ...23 KB (3,725 words) - 01:06, 24 November 2022
- in all respects. She said: "Verily! I seek refuge with the Most Gracious (Allâh) from you, if you do fear Allâh." (The angel) said: "I ...12 KB (2,039 words) - 05:11, 31 July 2023
- Forest. The Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge is within the lake. There are numerous state parks located on the shores of the lake or ...12 KB (1,735 words) - 23:18, 21 October 2022
- * Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge * Camas National Wildlife Refuge * Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge ...41 KB (5,855 words) - 15:35, 12 February 2024
- in Amsterdam, where they had taken refuge from religious persecution in England, which they formed in the year 1608. Already persuaded that the ...12 KB (1,892 words) - 21:16, 30 April 2023
- was among those emigrating to Abyssinia for refuge. ===Military conflict with Muhammad=== After Muhammad had migrated to Medina in 622, Quraish ...12 KB (1,857 words) - 06:56, 14 June 2023
- would-be assassin Pierre de Craon who had taken refuge in Brittany. Contemporaries said Charles appeared to be in a "fever" to begin the ...11 KB (1,689 words) - 00:35, 5 December 2023
- ravaged Ascra, the villagers sought refuge at Orchomenus, where, following the advice of an oracle, they collected the ashes of Hesiod and placed ...12 KB (1,937 words) - 15:44, 25 January 2023
- It is accepted that although the three jewels of refuge are the basis of the greatest merit, by seeing other sentient beings as having Buddha nature ...12 KB (1,965 words) - 08:19, 23 July 2023
- The Bombay government rejected this and gave refuge to Raghunath. In 1777 Nana Phadnis violated his treaty with the Calcutta Council by granting ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 05:59, 28 July 2023
- came with him and was able to escape, taking refuge in Montevideo under the protection of General Carlos Federico Lecor. While in Montevideo, his ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 19:38, 9 May 2024
- millions of Jews have found dignity, security and refuge in what was their ancient homeland, often fleeing from repression elsewhere. ...12 KB (1,882 words) - 17:56, 30 April 2023
- Lantos, a Hungarian Jew who as a teenager found refuge in one of Wallenberg's safe houses. He was later made an honorary citizen of Canada in 1985 ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 00:37, 8 December 2022
- Soviet Union in December 1991, Honecker took refuge in the Chilean embassy in Moscow, but was extradited by the Yeltsin administration to Germany in ...12 KB (1,816 words) - 19:26, 13 February 2024
- There are many places where a homeless person might seek refuge. ... * Vehicles: cars or trucks are used as a temporary living refuge, ...25 KB (3,643 words) - 14:08, 3 May 2023
