Word: bathos
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...King may enter the City of London without permission of The Lord Mayor was ceremoniously upheld. The royal carriage stopped for a moment just outside the site of the ancient City Wall?indicated last week by a red silken cord. Pompously My Lord Mayor of London, Sir Charles Albert Batho, approached, clad in his robes of ermine and crimson velvet, heavy with his golden chains of office. Respectfully yet proudly he tendered to His Majesty the Sword & Keys of the City. Graciously George V touched both, symbolizing that he accepted the permission to enter accorded by the Lord Mayor...