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...name.* There was no Mr. Flonzaley who fathered them all. There was instead a Swiss banker, Edward J. deCoppet, who wanted chamber music in the U. S. He appointed Violinist Alfred Pochon to establish a string quartet, and he named it after his Swiss villa, Flonzaley, which translated means "brooklet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Flonzaley Farewell | 3/11/1929 | See Source »

Died. Richard Ledger. London septuagenarian who plunged daily before breakfast into the Serpentine (muddy brooklet in Hyde Park) regardless of rain, sleet, hail, snow or ice. Instead of an overcoat he wore a paper waistcoat. He once announced: "My proudest possession is a letter from King George congratulating me upon my exceptional vigor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Feb. 25, 1929 | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

...found a place by a brooklet's side...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REMINISCENCE OF "ALASTOR." | 10/14/1881 | See Source »

...brooklet ripples through the mead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WAITING. | 2/8/1878 | See Source »

Wandering down the brooklet's border...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TROUTING. | 10/26/1877 | See Source »

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