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  Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for shoemaker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Simon, Antoine, 1736-94, French revolutionary, often called the shoemaker, a member of the Commune of Paris.
Probably the greatest English dramatist before Shakespeare, Marlowe, a shoemaker's son, was educated at Cambridge and he went to London in 1587, where he became an actor and dramatist for the Lord Admiral's Company.
The end(s) of discord in 'The Shoemaker's Holiday.'(Tudor and Stuart Drama)
www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=shoemaker   (633 words)

  
 Simon Eyre
As Simon Eyre, the shoemaker of Tower Street, you are responsible for your apprentices and wife.
Simon Eyre is a character in Thomas Dekker's The Shoemaker's Holiday.
nobly born, as being the sole son of a shoemaker.
www.duke.edu /web/rpc/country_and_city/simoneyre.html   (697 words)

  
 THE UGLY
In this case, the murderer is the soft spoken and seemingly meek Simon Cartwright (played by Paolo Rotondo), who during the film is locked away in a high security prison, under the supervision of a sadistic psychiatrist and subjected to the constant brutality of the prison guards.
Simon is granted an upcoming parole trial, and then specifically requests that Dr. Karen Shoemaker (played by Rebecca Hobbes), a well-known and intelligent psychologist, re-evaluate his mental condition.
She successfully set up the mood for Simon's childhood and portrayed the atmosphere of his home life in a most convincing and brutal manner, and that was extremely important to the story.
www.cinema-nocturna.com /the_ugly_review.htm   (440 words)

  
 Twenty-Three Tales | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Simon approached the stranger, looked at him, and saw that he was a young man, fit, with no bruises on his body, only evidently freezing and frightened, and he sat there leaning back without looking up at Simon, as if too faint to lift his eyes.
Simon himself was lean, Michael was thin, and Matryóna was dry as a bone, but this man was like some one from another world: red-faced, burly, with a neck like a bull's, and looking altogether as if he were cast in iron.
Simon glanced at Michael and saw that he had left his work and was sitting with his eyes fixed on the little girls.
www.ccel.org /ccel/tolstoy/23_tales.iv.i.html   (7330 words)

  
 The Devil and the Shoemaker
Simon wondered how the old man knew his name, but he didn't say anything, only bent down to take the measure of the old man's feet.
Simon told Old Nick that it was the Doctor's salve, for there's no use getting men in trouble with Old Nick.
Simon told Old Nick that he was using the Barber's nail- clippers, for there's no use getting men in trouble with Old Nick.
www.fables.org /98-99/devil.html   (2194 words)

  
 Shoemaker Family Line
Christian1 Shoemaker, son of George "Schuhmacher" Shoemaker, was born before 29 Oct 1786-9, the first event for which there is a recorded date.
Philip3 Shoemaker was born in Maryland 18 Mar 1813.
Simon Shoemaker was born in Fredrick Co, Md 25 Nov 1819.
www.angelfire.com /wa2/Gsows/Shoemaker.html   (747 words)

  
 The Ugly Movie Review - MoviesOnline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Because Simon Cartwright is one of the most prolific and unusual serial killers Dr. Karen Shoemaker has ever seen and Simon has requested her to come and do an independent assessment of his mental capability to stand trial for his horrific string of murders.
During her sessions with Simon, the viewer is shown in flashback Simon’s Norman Bates-like upbringing with the mother from hell, Evelyn (Jennifer Ward-Lealand), who swings from smothering Simon with almost inappropriate love to lashing out at him both figuratively and literally.
During what is apparently a common occurrence, young Simon (Sam Wallace) is set upon by some school bullies who attack and make fun of him for being dyslexic as they find a "kiddy book" in his backpack, "The Ugly Duckling", which is promptly ripped in two by one of the bullies.
www.moviesonline.ca /movienews_3937.html   (711 words)

  
 Synopsis: The Shoemaker's Holiday
At the same time Simon is trying, to no avail, to convince officials to allow Ralph Damport, his journeyman who has also been drafted into the war, to stay home with his new bride, Jane.
At the church, Ralph and his fellow shoemakers, armed with cudgels, confront Hammon and Jane, who had recently accepted her husband’s death and decided to remarry.
In a grand and hilarious finale, Simon Eyre, now the lord mayor of London, gives a breakfast for all London apprentices, and the king pardons Roland and blesses him and Rose, saying that “love respects no blood, / Cares not for difference of birth or state” (21.104-05).
www.bard.org /education/resources/other/shoemakersyn.html   (746 words)

  
 Love, Leo Tolstoy
A shoemaker named Simon, who had neither house nor land of his own, lived with his wife and children in a peasant's hut, and earned his living by his work.
Before winter Simon saved up a little money: a three-rouble note lay hidden in his wife's box, and five roubles and twenty kopeks were owed him by customers in the village.
So all the business the shoemaker did was to get the twenty kopeks for boots that he had mended, and to take a pair of felt boots a peasant gave him to sole with leather.
www.angelfire.com /mn3/mixed_lit/love01.htm   (852 words)

  
 Characters: The Shoemaker's Holiday
He is Rose’s father and at first only mildly objects to her marriage to Roland, secretly hoping for the marriage into a higher level of society will happen.
Simon Eyre: A happy and very middle-class shoemaker, he eventually, mostly through exceptional luck, rises to the position of lord mayor of London.
Margary Eyre: Simon Eyre’s wife, she is the butt of many lower-class jokes, many of which she deserves because of her pretentiousness when she rises from the wife of a lowly shoemaker to the wife of the lord mayor.
www.bard.org /education/resources/other/shoemakerchar.html   (555 words)

  
 Simon J. Bronner: Popularizing Pennsylvania
"Simon J. Bronner's biography of Henry Wharton Shoemaker is an important examination of an individual's contributions to the cultural preservation movement.
Shoemaker was the first state-appointed folklorist in America, Pennsylvania being the first state to establish such a position.
Simon J. Bronner is Distinguished Professor of Folklore and American Studies and Coordinator of American Studies at Penn State University-Harrisburg.
www.psupress.org /books/titles/0-271-01486-5.html   (467 words)

  
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A shoemaker named Simon and his wife were the instructors to whom it was deemed right to consign him for the purpose of giving him a sans-cullotte education.
Simon and his wife were shut up in the Temple, and, becoming prisoners with the unfortunate child, were directed to bring him up in their own way.
Simon was permitted to go down, accompanied by two commissioners, to the court of the Temple, for the purpose of giving the Dauphin a little exercise.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/3/8/9/3890/old/cm53b10.txt   (18238 words)

  
 SIMON, ANTOINE. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
), 1736–94, French revolutionary, often called “the shoemaker,” a member of the Commune of Paris.
Their reputed brutality and coarseness made them infamous.
A friend of Maximilien Robespierre and Jean Paul Marat, Simon was executed after the coup of 9 Thermidor.
www.bartleby.com /aol/65/si/Simon-An.html   (52 words)

  
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Author Simon Bronner, Distinguished Professor of Folklore and American Studies and Coordinator of American Studies at Penn State -Harrisburg, has located never-before-available private papers and interviewed many people who knew Shoemaker.
In his own day, Shoemaker was a controversial figure, talked about for his immense wealth, powerful connections, eccentric hobbies and, above all, his consuming passion for conserving and promoting Pennsylvania's wildlife, mountains and common folk.
Shoemaker hoped to "sell Pennsylvania to Pennsylvanians" and instill an appreciation for the state's wilderness, threatened by industrialization.
www.psu.edu /ur/archives/PSPRESS/Shoemaker.html   (393 words)

  
 Simon the Tanner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint Simon the Shoemaker (10th century), also known as Simon the Tanner (Sama'an el-Dabbagh in Arabic), is the Coptic Orthodox saint associated with the great miracle of moving the Mokattam Mountain in Cairo, Egypt, during the ruling of the Muslim Fatimid Caliph Al-Muizz Li-Deenillah.
Saint Simon the Tanner lived towards the end of the tenth century when Egypt was ruled by the Fatimid Caliph Al-Muizz, and Abraam the Syrian was the 62nd Coptic Pope.
On the set day, as the people, with St. Simon the Tanner among them, were saying Kyrie eleison (Lord have mercy), the mountain was thrusting up and down, and the sun could be seen from under it.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simon_the_Tanner   (489 words)

  
 Historical Accuracy of The Scarlet Pimpernel novels
He was then taught by Simon, the shoemaker who was put in charge of him, to curse his parents and accuse them of many atrocities (Ocrzy, Eldorado 46-47).
...and her [Marie Antoinette] misery was increased when she knew that the shoemaker Simon was in charge of him...We often went up into the tower.
Simon made him wear a red bonnet and a carmagnole jacket and forced him to sing at the windows so as to be heard by the guard and to blaspheme God and curse his family and the aristocrats (Hibbert 221).
www.blakeneymanor.com /accuracy.html   (1647 words)

  
 The Monastery of St. Simon the Tanner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Saint Simon the Tanner (St. Sama'an, in Arabic) lived towards the end of the tenth Century when Egypt was ruled by the Fatimid Caliph, Al- Muizz and Anba Abram was the Coptic Pope.
St Simon worked in one of the crafts widespread in Babylon (Old Cairo) which was tanning, a craft still known there till this day.
The Virgin Mary and St Simon Cathedral was constructed on 2 stages.
www.touregypt.net /featurestories/tanner.htm   (1318 words)

  
 DNA Test Solves Mystery of French Child King
Some people claim Simon somehow smuggled a deaf and mute boy into the prison, switched him with the prince, and then smuggled the prince out in a laundry basket.
Fueling the fire was the untimely death of a physician brought in to examine the deathly sick prince in May 1795.
Simon the Shoemaker eventually died at the guillotine, and his widow swore the story of the smuggled prince was true.
richlabonte.net /exonews/xtra3/lost_king.htm   (3349 words)

  
 Profile
Simon JA, Hirao M (Aug 2005) [Chemistry and biology of NAD-dependent deacetylases], Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso.
Evans DR, Simon JA, The predicted beta12-beta13 loop is important for inhibition of PP2Acalpha by the antitumor drug fostriecin, Febs Letters, 498(1), 110-5, June 2001
Simon JA, Szankasi P, Nguyen DK, Ludlow C, Dunstan HM, Roberts CJ, Jensen EL, Hartwell LH, Friend SH, Differential toxicities of anticancer agents among DNA repair and checkpoint mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Cancer Research, 60(2), 328-33, Jan 2000
myprofile.cos.com /simonabc18   (1001 words)

  
 Rip Off Report:Ford Model Management, READ THE ENTIRE- UNEDITED LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FORD AGENCY consumer fraud ripoff ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Plaintiff Simon Beardmore is a resident of Los Angeles, California.
Plaintiff Laura Shoemaker is a resident of Woodstock, New York.
Simon had a modeling contract with Wilhelmina Model Agency, Inc. during the class period.
www.ripoffreport.com /reports/ripoff52249.htm   (10606 words)

  
 Simon, Antoine - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
SIMON, ANTOINE [Simon, Antoine], 1736-94, French revolutionary, often called "the shoemaker," a member of the Commune of Paris.
Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Simon, Antoine" at HighBeam.
The mysterious Mr Cuenot: Tessa Murdoch presents new evidence about the identity of the carver who provided ornament and furniture for the 9th Duke and Duchess of Norfolk's London house, unveiled to rapturous acclaim in 1756.(A FRENCH CARVER AT NORFOLK HOUSE)(Jean Antoine Cuenot)
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-simon-an.html   (294 words)

  
 WILLIAM E. SIMON CENTER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Jenks Hall, which is now part of the Simon Center, was built in 1865 as a hall of chemistry.
In 1986, it was renovated and merged with the old steam plant next door to become the William E.
The Center was named for trustee William E. Simon '52, its major benefactor, and houses the department of economics and business.
www.lafayette.edu /community/campusmap/Pages/simon1.htm   (138 words)

  
 History of Lycoming County Pennsylvania edited by John F. Meginness; ©1892
The act provided that the people living within these lines should elect borough officers and be governed by the same "rules and regulations as had been granted to and provided for the inhabitants and borough officers of the borough of Williamsport." The latter borough had been erected just twenty years before.
Samuel Shoemaker was appointed one of the justices of the peace for the Second district, composed of the townships of Muncy Creek, Moreland, and part of Washington, May 1, 1821.
The borough records show that Samuel Shoemaker and Simon Schuyler were justices of the peace in 1829, and that they both remained in office from that time until after the first election for justices in 1840.
www.usgennet.org /usa/pa/county/lycoming/history/Chapter-27.html   (6348 words)

  
 'Canada's Neil Simon' Topeka Capital-Journal, The - Find Articles
Husband and wife May and Brian (Jennifer Fletcher and John Shoemaker) argue as Brian explains that he is leaving her and their country bed and breakfast for the city.
The demand by TCT audiences for Neil Simon's witty, plot-driven plays simply exceeds their supply, so the theater has sought substitutes from the stages of other English-speaking countries.
In the play, May (Jennifer Fletcher) and Brian (John Shoemaker) have left the city and invested their life savings in a rural bed and breakfast.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20050527/ai_n14647865   (718 words)

  
 Simon the Shoemaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simon the Shoemaker was an associate of the Athenian philosopher Socrates.
According to Diogenes Laertius, Simon was the first person to write Socratic dialogues.
This page was last modified 15:38, 11 April 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simon_the_Shoemaker   (64 words)

  
 University of Wisconsin Law School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
About Jonathan Simon: Before joining the Boalt Hall faculty in 2003, Jonathan Simon was a professor at the University of Miami School of Law.
Simon is the author of Poor Discipline: Parole and the Social Control of the Underclass, 1890-1990 (1993) and the co-editor of Embracing Risk: The Changing Culture of Insurance and Responsibility (with Tom Baker, 2002) and Cultural Analysis, Cultural Studies, and the Law: Moving Beyond Legal Realism (with Austin Sarat, 2003).
In 2003 Simon joined the Law and Society Association's board of trustees and executive committee.
www.law.wisc.edu /ils/2004MidwestRetreatProgram.htm   (923 words)

  
 USCCB - (Office of Media Relations) - Television Special Brings Christmas Message Home
Presented as a “Christopher Closeup” holiday special, “Michael the Visitor” tells the story of Simon, a shoemaker, and his family who struggle to survive a harsh winter in a small Russian village.
Without enough money to buy himself a new overcoat, Simon lends his tattered coat to a naked stranger found shivering by the roadside.
Years pass and in a dramatic encounter, Michael reveals who he is and teach Simon and family the nature of love.
www.usccb.org /comm/archives/1997/97-250b.shtml   (266 words)

  
 About Ritchie C Shoemaker MD PA, author of Mold Warriors
Shoemaker and D. House, A time-series of sick building syndrome; chronic, biotoxin-associated illness from exposure to water-damaged buildings.
Shoemaker, JM Rash, EW Simon, Sick Building Syndrome in water-damaged buildings: generalization of the chronic, biotoxin illness paradigm to indoor toxigenic fungi.
Shoemaker RC, Hudnell KH, House DE, van Kempen A, Pakes GE for the COL 40155 Study Team.
www.moldwarriors.com /about-ritchie-shoemaker.htm   (1975 words)

  
 Stephen J. Shoemaker
Shoemaker has recently completed a series of articles on the earliest Life of the Virgin, which survives only in a Georgian translation.
He is presently working on two monographs, one investigating the conflicting reports regarding the date of Muhammad's death in Christian and Islamic sources and another on the veneration of the Virgin Mary in the ancient church.
Shoemaker has been awarded research fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
www.uoregon.edu /~sshoemak   (354 words)

  
 Discovering Dickens - A Community Reading Project
Standing at the central point, and looking down these dreary passages, the full repose and quiet that prevails, is awful.
Occasionally, there is a drowsy sound from some lone weaver’s shuttle, or shoemaker’s last, but it is stifled by the thick walls and heavy dungeon door, and only serves to make the general stillness more profound.
In this view, shoemaking is symbolic of revolutionary feeling, and represents Doctor Manette’s repressed rage against the injustices of the ancien régime.
dickens.stanford.edu /tale/issue2_gloss3.html   (1357 words)

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