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3 unusual facts about Roger L'Estrange


1662 in England

Roger L'Estrange is granted a warrant to seize seditious books or pamphlets.

Giovanni Bona

Sir Roger L'Estrange produced an English translation ("The Guide to Heaven", 1680), later reprinted as "A Guide to Eternity" (London 1900).

The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs

There is another variant on the story, recorded by Syntipas (Perry Index 58) and appearing in Roger L'Estrange's 1692 telling as "A Woman and a Fat Hen" (Fable 87): A good Woman had a Hen that laid her every day an Egg. Now she fansy’d to her self, that upon a larger Allowance of Corn, this Hen might be brought in time to lay twice a day. She try’d the Experiment; but the Hen grew fat upon’t, and gave quite over laying.


2009 World Club Challenge

When returning the following kick-off as well the Sea Eagles scored again, this time Shane Rodney made a break 25m from his own line and got to the Leeds 40m line before finding L'Estrange in support who in turn popped a pass to Steve Matai who had an easy 20m run to the tryline.

Belmore Park

For example, in 1878 in front of a large crowd, Henri L'Estrange unsuccessfully tried twice to launch himself in a gas balloon, while during the 2000 Summer Olympics the park became one of five "live sites" where the games were publicly broadcast.

Carolyn Kizer

She resigned that post in 1970, when the N.E.A. chairman, Roger L. Stevens, was fired by President Richard Nixon.

Floreat, Western Australia

The suburb is split between the state electorates of Churchlands, held by Sean L'Estrange, and Nedlands, held by Liberal Bill Marmion.

Hamon L'Estrange

With his father and brother he was embroiled in the attempted delivery of King's Lynn to the royal forces (August 1643); a little later he was ranked as colonel in the royal army.

Smectymnuo-mastix, or Short Animadversions upon Smectymnuus their Answer and Vindication of that Answer to the humble remonstrance in the cause of Liturgie, London, 1651 (appended to the previous work, but paged separately; a defence of the Liturgy of the Church of England against the Reply of Smectymnuus to the Remonstrance for the honour of the Liturgy.

Leslie Ayvazian

Ms. Ayvazian is the recipient of the Roger L. Stevens (1994) and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize (1996) for her work Nine Armenians, which was produced at Manhattan Theatre Club.

My Man Adam

My Man Adam is a 1985 film co-written and directed by Roger L. Simon.

Nicholas and Thomas Aleman

Nicholas married Isabella, daughter of Lord John II of Beirut and already twice widowed: first by King Hugh II of Cyprus and second by Raymond l'Estrange, an Englishman.

Roger L. Green

In 1985 and 1986 in conjunction with the founding of the National Holiday, Governor Cuomo signed these bills into law.

Roger L. Hanson

Born in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, Hanson went to Dakota Business College and was in the retail hardware and heating and plumbing business in Vergas, Minnesota.

Roger L. Hunt

Roger L. Hunt (born 1942) is a Senior United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

Roger L. Jackson

Cheshire Cat, Jabberwock, Dormouse

Roger L. Werner

Launched in December 1995, Speedvision and Outdoor Life achieved profitability, as planned, in 2001 on combined revenue of over $100 million.

Roger Stevens

Roger L. Stevens (1910–1998), American theatrical producer, arts administrator and real estate executive

Samuel Pordage

The plot was borrowed from Josephus and the romance of ‘Cleopatra.’ In 1678 appeared ‘The Siege of Babylon, by Samuel Pordage of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., author of the tragedy of “Herod and Mariamne.”’ This play had been licensed by Roger L'Estrange on 2 November 1677, and acted at the Duke's Theatre not long after the production at the Theatre Royal of Nathaniel Lee's ‘Rival Queens;’ and Statira and Roxana, the ‘rival queens,’ were principal characters in Pordage's rhymed tragedy.

The Lion and the Fox

Latin poems based on it were written by Hieronymus Osius and Gabriele Faerno in the 16th century and in England it was included in Geoffrey Whitney's Choice of Emblemes (1586) and the collections of Francis Barlow and Roger L'Estrange in the late 17th century.

Tightrope walking

Henri L'Estrange, 19th century Australian; first person to tightrope walk across Sydney harbour and early balloonist

Toby L'Estrange

Toby L'Estrange (born September 2, 1988 in Berkely, California, United States) is a rugby union player who plays flyhalf for the United States national team.


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