Word: cumberlandism
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...ministers. Its value: that Greville, a shrewd and accurate reporter, wrote from the inside, that most of the leading political and literary figures of the day-the Duke of Wellington, Palmerston, Peel, the Princess de Lieven, Macaulay-were his friends. His scandals -such as the lustful Duke of Cumberland's attack on Lady Lyndhurst-are those with direct political repercussions...
...Paul van Zeeland (Thurs. 9:30 p. m. NBC-Blue). Onetime Belgian Premier debates with Economists William Wilson Cumberland, Ruth Alexander, James Harvey Rogers, Leland Rex Robinson in America's Town Meeting. Subject: "Is an Economic Plan for World Peace Possible...
...Whiteville, N. C. News Reporter last week published the full text of an application for old age assistance filed by one Annie Bell Bowden, colored, of Cumberland...
...pants. Like John Llewellyn Lewis, he is a Welsh miner's son. He dug coal, aged 9, in the pits of Pennsylvania. A Sunday school teacher taught him to read. A parson and a lawyer helped him get learning and law, at night. He settled and practiced in Cumberland, a western Maryland mining town. He reached Congress...
...dense woods and the River Scheldt in Flanders, the battle of Fontenoy was fought. From foggy morning to midafternoon the French Army (with Irish and Scottish allies), commanded by Marshal Maurice de Saxe, and an equal English force (aided by Dutch and Hanoverians), commanded by the Duke of Cumberland, engaged in confused and bitter slaughter. About noon, the English infantry broke through the French centre, obtained a foothold within the disorganized French lines, formed a hollow square against which French cavalry charged repeatedly in vain. When the English were nearly exhausted, de Saxe ordered a general attack and threw...