Refuses Collection (page 2)

Battle of Solebay
During the battle of SOUTHWOLD BAY (or SOLEBAY) the earl of Sandwich refuses to leave his burning ship. Though the Dutch suffer heavy losses the battle is indecisive

Mutiny / German Fleet / 1918
The German fleet refuses to put to sea at Kiel. A wave of revolutionary activity followed across Germany, but war weariness was also a factor in the mutiny

Loudun / Soeur Claire 2
Despite being exorcised, Claire de Sazilly, one of the afflicted nuns of the convent of Saint-Ursule, refuses to admit that she is possessed by the demon

Becky Refuses a Proposal
A young lady turns down a propsal from an older gentleman. (Becky Sharp and Sir Pitt Crawley in " Vanity Fair" )

Anaesthesia / Accordionist
At Stradella, Italy, Guglielmo Bonfoco refuses anaesthetics during a leg amputation, provided he may play his piano-accordeon

Electoral Bribery
ELECTORAL PURITY the British voter refuses to accept 5 pounds for his vote - his starting price is 15 pounds

Susanna & the Elders
This chaste young lady is washing her feet when a pair of lecherous old men make indecent proposals to her : when she refuses, they accuse her of adultery

Moses and Pharaoh
He asks permission from Pharaoh to take the Hebrews into the desert to sacrifice to their God : but Pharaoh refuses the request with mockery

Becket / Constition / 1164
Becket is confronted by the Earl of Leicester and refuses to seal the " Constitutions of Claredon" drawn up by Henry II to secure total obedience to the crown once more

Daniel in Den (Dore)
Daniel, a court official of Darius, ruler of Babylon, refuses to abandon his Jewish faith, so is thrown into the lions den, but they respect him too much to eat him

Gascoigne Disobeys Henry
Gascoigne refuses to obey Henry IVs order to sentence Scrope and Mowbray

Jesus in the Desert
He goes into the desert where he fasts for 40 days/nights; the Evil One tries to tempt him with offers Jesus can t refuse, but he is wasting his time - Jesus refuses them !

Monkey Gland Treatment
Prague: a wise monkey refuses to take part in the monkey gland experiment

Faust - Liebig - 2
FAUST Faust - once again a handsome youth, accosts Marguerite in the market-place : she refuses, but Mephistopheles promises she will yield

Last of the Picts
A legend from Galloway tells how the last Pict refuses to divulge to the conquering Scots the secret of how to make heather-ale. The secret is lost

Scipio (Africanus) with captured Spanish princess
SECOND PUNIC WAR : the 24-year old Scipio (later Scipio Africanus) refuses to take advantage of a beautiful captured Spanish princess

Charles III & Normans
Charles III the Simple makes peace with the Normans, but Roll, their chief, refuses to kneel, instead he raises Charles foot to kiss it, tipping him onto the ground

Lorgues / Won t Take Order
Columbus refuses to take orders from the Portuguese admiral

Robin Refuses Cage Life
A robin refuses a small girls doubtless well-meant offer of a secure home in a cage instead of the hazards of life in the wilds

Beauty / Beast (Boyle 1)
Every night, at the supper- table, the Beast asks Beauty to become his wife, and every night she refuses, until

Matilda / Refuses Release
The Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I, refuses the plea of King Stephens wife, Matilda, to release him

Mesmer and Pension
Mesmer refuses a state pension from the French government because it does not recognise the significance of his work

Giordanus Refuses
Giordanus is offered the Empire, but prudently refuses it

Fr. Wil. Refuses Crown
A deputation invites Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia to become Kaiser. He refuses, though in 1871 his successor, Wilhelm I, will show himself less modest

Dezilles Saves Gun
Lieutenant Marc Dezilles, stationed at Nancy, refuses to yield a gun in his command to the rebellious garrison. So they shoot him

Daumesnil at Vincennes
Daumesnil, Napoleonic general now governor of Vincennes, refuses to release the imprisoned ministers of Charles X to the tender mercies of the Paris mob

Louis XVI and Citizens
6000 citizens force their way into the Tuileries Palace, demanding that Louis withdraw his veto on reforms : he refuses, but they force him to don the revolutionary cap

Baden-Powell at Mafeking
LORD ROBERT STEPHENSON SMYTH BADEN-POWELL English army and Chief scout rejects Boer embassy calling on him to surrender Mafeking

Events / Ireland / Evictions
A tenant, sickle in hand, refuses to be turned out of his cottage even though his landlord has a posse of police to support him

Vasco Da Gama and Crew
VASCO DA GAMA on his way to the East, he refuses his crews pleas to return to Portugal

Missionaries / Africa
Jean Le Vacher refuses to convert to Islam at Algiers

Mr Harding of London cursed by gipsy Martha
Mr Harding of London is cursed by the gipsy Martha when he refuses to give her money

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