Word: emperor
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...stock company of gladiators, Totus Idem. We cannot speak too highly of the ease and grace of Pugnus. After some amusing by-play, such as gouging out each other's eyes, tearing ears, etc., the combatants went at it in earnest. It was a royal fight, and the emperor showed his appreciation by now and then throwing a virgin into the bear-pits...
...must call the attention of the Emperor to the necessity of beheading a few of the students. Yesterday, at the coliseum, they acted shamefully. When the dozen virgins were about to enter the dens to be eaten by the animals, a body of students, without the slightest regard for the presence of the Emperor, went up and coolly asked the girls for a lock of their hair. And it was only a week ago that we gave an account of a student who killed a barber, because when he asked to be shaved, the barber innocently asked...
...acknowledge the receipt from the Emperor of an order not to publish the names of his guests at dinner who happen to die rather suddenly. We would like the Emperor to understand that we run the paper, and don't care a nightingale's eye-lash what he says. Our funeral will take place day-after-tomorrow, and all those who have paid up their subscription to date are invited. We are at present receiving bids from the widow...
...Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, says: "The chief characteristic of the Chinese, as a nation, is industry. Their working day begins at dawn, and lasts till sunset. Schools open at sunrise, and do not close till 5 P. M., there being but one short recess during the day. The emperor and his court rise soon after midnight, and court audiences are given between 5 and 8 o'clock in the morning. After sunset very few people are in the streets, the Chinese, like domestic fowls, retiring early to rest. There is no day corresponding to Sunday, and only a few holidays...
Prof. W. D. Whitney, of Harvard, has received from Emperor William the position in the Order of Merit, made vacant by Thomas Carlyle...