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Helene Duch. Orleans - 3
HELENE von Mecklenburg- Schwerin, duchesse d ORLEANS wife of Ferdinand, son of Louis-Philippe; their son claimed the French throne, but failed to get it

Edith Scannell Artist
EDITH MAUD SUSANNA SCANNELL an artistic lady who sadly failed to earn an entry in the Dictionary of National Biography so we don t know very much about her

Darien Expedition 1698
DARIEN EXPEDITION A view of the Darien Isthmus, Panama at the time of the Scottish colony established there in November 1698 (it failed in 1699)

Istanbul Walls
Part of the triple lines of walls which were intended to protect Byzantium against all comers - but they failed to keep out the Turks in 1453

Mesmers Patient
Mesmers reputation suffers when mlle Paradis, a blind patient he failed to cure, turns up at the French court playing clavecin at Marie Ant- oinettes spiritual concert

Scutari Hospital
The hospital at Scutari, on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus, the scene of Nightingales successes : (the graveyard houses those she failed to save)

Napoleon at Ham
After his failed coup d etat at Boulogne, Napoleon is imprisoned in this house at Ham

Napoleon at Boulogne 4
Irreverent English comment on Napoleons failed coup d etat at Boulogne

CASSANDRA, daughter of Priam & Hecuba, Trojan royals : prophetess, but when Apollo failed to ravish her, he fixed it that no one would believe her correct prophecies

Jesus Heals a Boy
Jesus heals a boy after his disciples have tried and failed

Serge Lifar performing in the ballet Icare
Serge Lifar performing in the one-act ballet Icare, in which he played the mythological character of Icarus, who fell to earth when his wings failed him

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