Innehållsförteckning
Vad är långärmad?
Om plagg vars ärmar når ner till handlederna. Det klassiska långärmade plagget är t ex en collegetröja, pullover mm.
Var lever Gibbonen?
Dieten består i första hand av frukter, men kompletteras med löv och insekter. Gibboner finns i Sydostasien.
Varför heter det t shirt?
1914 – Första Världskriget Amerikanarna tyckte genast om deras enkla design och kallade de helt enkelt för ”T” – just för att plagget ser ut som ett stort T. Alla känner nu igen plagget som ”T-shirts” kort och gott.
Vad står t-shirt?
T-tröja eller T-shirt (efter engelska: T-shirt) är en tröja vars form liknar bokstaven T eftersom ärmarna går ut från kroppen i rät vinkel. Plagget är ofta gjort i bomull och är normalt kortärmat.
Who is Edward Gibbon?
Edward Gibbon FRS ( / ˈɡɪbən /; 8 May 1737 – 16 January 1794) was an English historian, writer, and member of parliament.
How does Gibbon describe his Rapture?
In his autobiography, Gibbon vividly records his rapture when he finally neared ”the great object of [my] pilgrimage”: …at the distance of twenty-five years I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated my mind as I first approached and entered the eternal City.
What happened to Gibbon in Lausanne?
With that accomplished, in 1789 it was back to Lausanne only to learn of and be ”deeply affected” by the death of Deyverdun, who had willed Gibbon his home, La Grotte. He resided there with little commotion, took in the local society, received a visit from Sheffield in 1791, and ”shared the common abhorrence” of the French Revolution.
How did Gibbon describe himself as a child?
As a youth, Gibbon’s health was under constant threat. He described himself as ”a puny child, neglected by my Mother, starved by my nurse”. At age nine, he was sent to Dr. Woddeson’s school at Kingston upon Thames (now Kingston Grammar School ), shortly after which his mother died.