fawkes

  • 21Fawkes — [[t]fɔks[/t]] n. why+big Guy, 1570–1606, English conspirator: leader of the Gunpowder Plot 1605 …

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  • 22Fawkes — /fɔks/ (say fawks) noun Guy, 1570–1606, English conspirator and leader in the Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament …

  • 23Guy Fawkes — ➡ Fawkes * * * …

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  • 24FAWKES, GUY —    a notorious English conspirator, born of a respected Yorkshire family; having spent a slender patrimony, he joined the Spanish army in Flanders; was converted to the Catholic faith; and on his return to England allied himself with the… …

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  • 25Fawkes, Francis — (1721 1777)    Poet and translator, b. near Doncaster, and ed. at Camb., after which he took orders. He translated Anacreon, Sappho, and other classics, modernised parts of the poems of Gavin Douglas, and was the author of the well known song,… …

    Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • 26Fawkes, Francis — (1720 1777)    Born in Warmsworth, Yorkshire, where his father was rector, and educated in Bury, Lancashire, and Jesus College, Cambridge, he graduated M.A. in 1745. He was ordained in the Anglican Church and was chaplain to the Princess Dowager… …

    British and Irish poets

  • 27Guy Fawkes — Infobox Criminal subject name = Guy Fawkes image size = 200px image caption = A modern illustration of Guy Fawkes with the Houses of Parliament in the background. date of birth = birth date|1571|4|13 place of birth = York, Yorkshire, England date …

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  • 28Guido Fawkes — Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes, (prononcer [gaɪ.fɔːks]) ou Guido Falxius, connu également sous le pseudonyme de John Johnson, était un catholique anglais né le 13 avril 1570 à York, et mort le 31 janvier 1606. La c …

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  • 29Guy Fawkes — selon l artiste britannique George Cruikshank. Illustration du roman Guy Fawkes (1840) de William Harrison Ainsworth. Guy Fawkes, (prononcer [ …

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  • 30Guy Fawkes Night — Infobox Holiday holiday name=Guy Fawkes Night caption=Guy Fawkes nickname=Bonfire Night Cracker Night Fireworks Night observedby=United Kingdom and some of its former colonies date= Evening of the 5th of November observances=Bonfires, fireworks,… …

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