Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...understanding, can at last no longer endure concealment. Though forbidden to speak to the Princess, he serenades her. She in joy recognizes his voice, and together they agree to elope; but the question of money confronts them. Mirabelle remembers that she has some jewels locked up with her crown in the Bishop's safe. She has told Dan de Lion, if he would prove his love, to bring her this crown. Why should he not get the jewels too? Robbie can find no reasonable grounds for opposing the plan; and accordingly de Lion, having artfully secured the keys from...
...George Saintsbury, formerly of Merton College, Oxford, who has just been nominated by the Crown to the chair of Rhetoric and English Literature in the University of Edinburgh, made vacant by the resignation of Prof. David Masson, has completed his volume on Nineteenth Century Literature, which contains some of his most brilliant work. The difficulties, not alone of generalization and classification, but also of selection and proportionment, are infinitely greater in the case of writers of our own century than in that of earlier writers; yet Mr. Saintsbury has emerged very successfully from his difficult task, and has produced...
...raised in Greece to meet the expense of the revival of the Olympic games next April at Athens will reach 1,000,000 drachmae or $193,000, besides 600,000 drachmae given by a Greek merchant of Alexandria, named Averoff, for the purpose of rebuilding the Panathenaic Stadion. The crown prince and his brothers are deeply interested in the enterprise. The king having promised to award in person the prizes of silver olive wreaths, and the Government will issue special commemorative postage stamps, a part of the proceeds of which will go to the Olympic fund. Only a part...
...races, running high and long jumps, putting the weight, lawn tennis, cricket and general gymnastics, shooting, fencing and swimming tournaments, boat races of all sorts and the regatta. The prizes will probably be silver wreaths of laurel or olive, and be awarded by the Greek King in person. The Crown Prince is chairman of the large managing Greek Committee and is taking a most active part in the work. According to present arrangements, the games will be inaugurated on Greek Independence Day, April 6, 1896, which is also Easter Monday. The Easter holidays will enable many to attend the festivities...
...Pushing to the Front; or Success Under Difficulties." By Orison Swett Marden. With 24 fine portraits. Crown...