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  • 61Postilion — Pos*til ion, n. [F. postillon, It. postiglione, fr. posta post. See {Post} a postman.] One who rides and guides the first pair of horses of a coach or post chaise; also, one who rides one of the horses when one pair only is used. [Written also… …

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  • 62postillion — Postilion Pos*til ion, n. [F. postillon, It. postiglione, fr. posta post. See {Post} a postman.] One who rides and guides the first pair of horses of a coach or post chaise; also, one who rides one of the horses when one pair only is used.… …

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  • 63Sparrows Herne turnpike — The Sparrow s Herne Turnpike road was an eighteenth century English turnpike road from London to Aylesbury.Its route was approximately that of the later A41 trunk road, (excluding the modern bypass sections at Watford and Hemel Hempstead), and… …

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  • 64pos|til|lion — pos|til|ion or pos|til|lion «pohs TIHL yuhn, pos », noun. a person who guides a team of horses drawing a carriage or post chaise by riding the left hand horse when one pair is used, or the left hand horse of the leading pair when two or more… …

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  • 65pos|til|ion — or pos|til|lion «pohs TIHL yuhn, pos », noun. a person who guides a team of horses drawing a carriage or post chaise by riding the left hand horse when one pair is used, or the left hand horse of the leading pair when two or more pairs are used.… …

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  • 66Battle of Trafalgar — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Trafalgar partof=the Napoleonic Wars caption= The Battle of Trafalgar, as seen from the mizzen starboard shrouds of the Victory by J. M. W. Turner (oil on canvas, 1806 to 1808) date=21 October, 1805… …

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  • 67HMS Pickle — Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pickle :*The first Pickle was an 8 gun topsail schooner purchased in 1800, originally named Sting and renamed in 1802. She was present at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 (but too small to play a… …

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  • 68List of duels — The following is a list of famous duels.Historical duelsAntiquity*222 BC: Marcus Claudius Marcellus taking the spolia opima from Viridomarus, king of the Gaesatae, at the Battle of Clastidium. *29 BC: Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives vs. Deldo, king …

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  • 69Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys — Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, PC (1695 ndash; 1770) was a British politician in the 18th century.He was born in Greenwich, the son of Edwin Sandys of Ombersley in the English county of Worcestershire and a descendant of Edwin Sandys, the… …

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  • 70Charles Walmesley — Pastorino, O.S.B. (best known by the pseudonyms Signor Pastorino or Pastorini; 13 January 1722 – 25 November 1797) was the Roman Catholic Titular Bishop of Rama and Vicar Apostolic of the Western District of England. He was known, especially in… …

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