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Richard Johnson (1573 – c. 1659) was a British romance writer. All that is known of his biography is from internal evidence in his works: he was a London apprentice in the 1590s, and a freeman after 1600. Works. Johnson's most famous work is The Famous Historie of the Seaven Champions of Christendom (c. 1596). He added a second and a third ...
Coloured cut from a children's book published in New York, c. 1850 (Dunigan's edition). Dick Whittington and His Cat is the English folklore surrounding the real-life Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423), wealthy merchant and later Lord Mayor of London. [1] The legend describes his rise from poverty-stricken childhood with the fortune he made ...
Hodge (fl. c.1769) was one of Samuel Johnson 's cats, immortalised in a characteristically whimsical passage in James Boswell 's 1791 book Life of Johnson . Although there is little known about Hodge, such as his life, his death, or any other information, what is known is Johnson's fondness for his cat, which separated Johnson from the views ...
He had six unusual tattoos on his body: a bird and band and the names "Helen and Paul" on the inner side of his left forearm, a heart and anchor in red and blue on the outer side of his right forearm, a flag and the initials "W.C.G." on the inner side of his right forearm, a butterfly on his left shoulder, the head of the comic character "Jiggs ...
Tales of the Unexpected is a British anthology series which broadcast on ITV from 1979 to 1988. Each episode features a dramatised story that has been adapted from the works of several well-known writers, most notably, Roald Dahl. During the course of the programme, 112 episodes of Tales of the Unexpected aired over nine series, between 24 ...
Goldberg's multicolored tattoo isn't new, but the former Academy Awards host rarely shows it off. It covers her entire right shoulder and appears to be a dragon. Check out photos of her look below ...
A Cat Who Loves Dogs, and Vice Versa. The story goes that after the family brought home their first dog Henry, they wanted to get him a companion. They went to an adoption event expecting to pick ...
Andy has several toys who make brief appearances as minor characters: Rocky [22] [23] (voiced by Jack Angel) is a figure of a heavyweight wrestler.Rocky is silent and plays a minor role in the first two movies, but he can speak in the Disney Adventures comics and in the Disney Interactive games Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story and Toy Story Activity Center.