Word: elizabeth
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been noted that the present age is peculiarly prolific of royal authors. Among reigning sovereigns who have written books are Queen Victoria, Dom Pedro II of Brazil, Dom Luis of Potugal, the Shah, Oscar II of Sweden, Prince Nakita of Montenegro, Ludwig II of Bavaria, and Queen Elizabeth of Roumania; and among princes and princesses who have dabbled in literature are the Princess Christian, the Crown Princess of Germany the Princess Theresa of Bavaria, the two sons of the Prince of Wales, the two sons of the King of Sweden, the duke of Edinburgh, and the Compte de Paris...
Everyone remembers the reply Polonius makes to Hamlet, who asked him if he did not at one time act in the University. Polonius not only admits it but is rather proud of it. "I did enact Julius Caesar, I was killed i' the capital." It is recorded that Queen Elizabeth attended amateur performances of the students at Oxford and at Cambridge, and was highly pleased with the endeavors of the striplings. At that time it was the custom, when any distinguished personage paid a visit to the Universities, to entertain him in royal style, and the representation of some...
BOSTON THEATRE.-Mme. Ristori as "Elizabeth." Performance...
BOSTON THEATRE.-Mme. Ristori as "Elizabeth." Performance...
...heart of the ancient imperial city of the Tzars, stands the University of Moscow. It is to the munificence of the Empress Elizabeth that Russia owes this splendid institution, of which we know so little. It was founded by her in the year 1765, and although not the oldest of the nine universities which Russia possesses, is by far the most famous...