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111Hosack's Folly — is a 2005 historical novel written by Australian author Gillen D Arcy Wood. Based on the life of renowned New York physician Dr. David Hosack, the story takes place in 1820 s Manhattan during an impending yellow fever epidemic.ynopsisThe story… …
112Fowler's Folly — Fowler s Folly, built during 1848 1853, was the octagonal home of Orson S. Fowler in Fishkill, New York. It was a monumental house for its time, with 4 stories and 60 rooms. Fowler first published his book, The Octagon House: A House for All in… …
113Dead Man's Folly — Poirot joue le jeu Poirot joue le jeu est un roman policier d Agatha Christie. Il paraît pour la première fois en 1956 sous le titre Dead Man s Folly et met en scène Hercule Poirot et Ariadne Oliver. Synopsis Mrs.Oliver, célèbre écrivain de… …
114Fisher's Folly — In Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without. A house built by Jasper Fisher, one of the six clerks in Chancery. It afterwards belonged to the Earl of Oxford and in Stow s time to Sir Roger Manars (S. 167). Mockingly called Fisher… …
115Seward's Folly — William Henry Seward (1801 1872) was born in Florida, Orange County, New York. He graduated from Union College in 1820, was admitted to the bar in 1822, and practiced law in Auburn, New York. After two terms as governor (1838 1842), he took… …
116fisher's folly — an angler s house in the country …
117Seward’s Folly — ➡ Seward * * * …
118In Praise of Folly — (Latin, Moriae Encomium), a prose satire (1509) by Erasmus, written in Latin and directed against theologians and church dignitaries. * * * …
119Seward's Folly — U.S. Hist. the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward. Cf. Alaska Purchase. [so called because Alaska was regarded as worthless land] * * * …
120Seward's Folly — «причуда Сьюарда», «холодильник Сьюарда». Пренебрежительные прозвища Аляски, которая была куплена у России в 1867 г. по инициативе государственного секретаря Г. Сьюарда …
