Congreve

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"That's cool, as an engineering feat," says Dr Congreve, who was not involved in the work himself.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2023

“It’s got that same kind of cruelty,” says Rebeck, who looked at an obscure 17th-century suggestion Rickman made before settling on the Congreve staple.

From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2018

The quote about Alexander the Great that they use in Die Hard is actually bastardised from dramatist William Congreve.

From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2017

Also on hand is a model of a British Congreve rocket used in the assault.

From Reuters • Jul. 1, 2012

Noble authors as well as the greatest wits, the Earl of Orrery, Granville, Dryden, and Congreve, courted the tragic muse.

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.