Word: aloysia
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...extraordinary child prodigy, worked with astonishing success at first, then was defeated by the intrigues of petty jealousies, and died in abject poverty, chiefly from overwork, at the age of 35. To this natural and interesting history the Italian producers have added a prolonged and bitter love affair with Aloysia von Weber, whose sister, Constanza, Mozart actually married after only a brief flirtation with Aloysia...
...first day, the King's horse Aloysia won the Queen Mary's Stakes. The Coronation Stakes were captured by Lord Astor's Saucy Sue and the all-important Ascot Gold Cup with a money prize of $20,000 was carried off by Andrew Barclay Walker's Santorh, ridden by that most famed of British jockeys, Steve Donoghue, six times a winner of the Derby...