Word: albaness
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Knowing full well how damaging to Alfonso's popularity in Spain are the persistent stories of his great personal wealth, his prudent investments in Britain and the U. S., the Duke of Alba, Foreign Minister in the Berenguer Government, went to great lengths to deny these stories last week...
...have felt enthusiasm, we have striven, and we have made a little progress in the school of humanity!" With cheers the whole populace escorted the company a few miles on their way; and in the deserted square nobody saw what happened to Singer Nello and his mistress Alba except the mysterious woman who watched everything from her shuttered window...
...Majesty even sought advice by long distance telephone, rang up former Foreign Minister Santiago Alba who lives in Paris, and upon whom King Alfonso called personally during his visit to France last Spring...
...told the King then," said Senor Alba last week, "that the Spanish system of government should be made more like the English. 'You,' I said, 'should become a kind of President for life...
...Hearing that his wife was posing in the altogether for the great Spanish satirist, the Duke of Alba swore that lie would paint Goya's picture in Goya's blood. Friends repeated the threat to the artist. When the Duke arrived unexpectedly at Goya's studio the next day he found his wife lightly but sufficiently clad in flimsy trousers, toreador's jacket, posing for another picture which sly Goya had stayed up all night to paint. Both pictures now hang side by side in the Seville gallery...