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Word: chargers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...story of the waters at Bagnoles originated many centuries ago. A knight whose sole mundane possession was an old war charger once entered the woods at Bagnoles to die. His horse discovered the pool and was rejuvenated. With the customary antics he led his master to the pool of youth and shortly after man and beast emerged from the wood to seek fame and fortune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Two Curzons | 8/27/1923 | See Source »

Standing near the place where Charles I was condemned to death and Cromwell was proclaimed Lord Protector; in the place where the King's Champion used to ride in on a charger and challenge to mortal combat anyone who questioned the right of the King to the Crown; where for many years Coronation Banquets were held, King George V said that " Westminster Hall appealed in a special manner to the mind and manner of the whole English-speaking race. For centuries it had witnessed the growth of the Constitution and had been, as it were, a link between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: King and Tradition | 7/30/1923 | See Source »

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