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  • The first two acts concern Edward III's attempts to seduce the Countess of Salisbury, which she successfully repulses; Acts III-V cover the Black Prince's campaigns in France, including the Battle of Crécy and the Burghers of Calais.

    Transatlantic linguistics nwhyte 2009

  • There's no playbook for memorial design, nor has there been since Auguste Rodin tore it up in 1889 with his "The Burghers of Calais."

    A Memorial We Want to Love Eric Gibson 2011

  • Confronted with his "Gates of Hell" or his "Burghers of Calais," I want to run for the comforts of less strident, less expressionistic sculpture.

    A Close-Up of a Master Lance Esplund 2011

  • Yes, don't miss the Rodin Museum -- I have spent many happy hours there contemplating the masterpiece of the Burghers of Calais.

    Metro Boulot Dodo - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • It also abandoned the traditional heroic mode in favor of vivid depictions of the Burghers' emotional states in the face of imminent death—anguish, stoicism and fear.

    A Memorial We Want to Love Eric Gibson 2011

  • Vienna art "Rodin and Vienna" displays a number of iconic works by the French sculptor, including "The Burghers of Calais" and "Balzac," alongside historical photographs documenting the creation of some of the art.

    What's on Around Europe 2010

  • Burghers, or free citizens, could build, farm, hunt, and graze on their loan farms without restrictions.

    Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008

  • Yes, don't miss the Rodin Museum--I have spent many happy hours there contemplating the masterpiece of the Burghers of Calais.

    Metro Boulot Dodo - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • The good and bad Burghers of Cambridge have just received this advice from the Police (via the Evening News):

    Youth Crime « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • I hope you Melbourne Burghers were suitable deferential to AnneTreasure?

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Yes, I know I said 5.30 here and 6.30 on Twitter for tonights gig… 2010

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