Behind Mrs. Clive, she would have been the best representative on the stage of old ladies and abigails. Her farewell of the London stage took place 26 May 1780 as Mrs. Hardcastle. She died at her home at Jacob's Well, Bristol in the winter of 1791.
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According to Oliver Goldsmith, Beau Nash, the master of ceremonies at Bath, once took the apron from her and threw it away, saying that only "Abigails" (maids) wore aprons. She was still reported to be wearing one when she met Horace Walpole in 1749. The duchess was a friend to many members of the English literary community, including Gay, William Congreve, James Thompson, Alexander Pope, Matthew Prior, and William Whitehead. Many of these literary friends placed references to her in their poems and other works.
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Edited by Horst Boog, Werner Rahn, Reinhard Stumpf, and Bernd Wegner, "Germany and the Second World War: Volume VI The Global War", Oxford University Press, (2001), , pp 507–508 Target marking and most bombs missed the city centre. This led to the development of the bomber stream. Despite the lack of decisive success of this raid, approval was granted for further Abigails. This was the start of a British drift away from precision attacks on military targets and towards area bombing attacks on whole cities.
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On June 27, 1865, Waddell learned from a prize, Susan & Abigail, that General Robert E. Lee had surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia almost three months earlier at Appomattox Court House. Susan & Abigails captain produced a San Francisco newspaper reporting the flight from Richmond of the Confederate government 10 weeks previously. However, the newspaper also contained President Davis' proclamation that the "war would be carried on with re-newed vigor." Waddell then captured 10 more whalers in the space of seven hours just below the Arctic Circle.
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In the main event, Braun Strowman defended the Universal Championship against "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt in a Falls Count Anywhere match. During the match, the two fought up the entrance ramp and inside the gorilla position. In the end, Strowman used a box cutter to cut the top ring canvas to expose the wooden flooring. The Fiend countered an attack from Strowman and performed a uranage and two consecutive Sister Abigails on Strowman onto the exposed wood to regain the title for a second time.
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Between 2001 and 2008 Screaming Banshee Aircrew performed with a large assortment of European and US bands from the goth/deathrock/punk/rockabilly/alternative genre including: Nosferatu, Skeletal Family, Cauda Pavonis, Joy Disaster, The Surf Sluts, The Finger Puppets, Spares, Zombina and The Skeletones, Pink Hearse, Corrosion, The Ghost Of Lemora, Scary Bitches, Manuskript, Libitina, The Way of All Flesh, Pro Jekt, Antiworld (US), Sleeping Children (France), The Modern, DeathBoy, Devilish Presley, Leisur::Hive, Razorblade Kisses, Abigails Mercy, Psychophile, Lupine, Voices Of Masada, Neon Zoo, Rhombus, Killing Miranda, Midnight Configuration, Zeitgeist Zero, All Gone Dead, The Eternal Fall, Penetration, Gothminster, ASP, Inkubus Sukkubus, Theatre Of Tragedy, M.A.B., DUST, Captain Sensible, Gene Loves Jezebel, Voltaire (US), Clan Of Xymox, Mercurine.
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