Word: emperor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Prompt to the dot of 10 a. m., the one-time German Court Chaplain, Dr. Heinrich Vogel, preached a sermon extolling the "Christlike qualities of the Emperor." The text had been supplied by Wilhelm II (Roman...
...George V entered the third month of his illness, the King-Emperor was officially described as "making slow progress" and unofficially as "brighter." Last week His Majesty napped frequently, displayed a keener appetite, chatted with Queen Mary several times daily, and asked, but was refused, permission to read...
...Christ is Conqueror! Christ is King! Christ is Emperor...
Since "padishah" means "emperor," and since Habibullah was the name of the late father of Amanullah and Inayatullah, the usurper seemed to have aggravated his deed by adding every insult and presumption to injury. Radio flashes from Kabul first told that the Third-King-of- the-Week had restored order, then envisioned the British Minister to Afghanistan, Sir Francis Humphrys, as standing on the roof of his legation, peering about through powerful field glasses, espying only cowed citizens and their ferociously armed conquerors. Some of the bandits were described as "swathed in cartridge belts up to the eyes," and "jingling...
...Napoleon to come and get him. They saw the ruins of his palace of Sans Souci where the ebony ruler, stricken twice with paralysis, split his weary brain with a golden bullet from a jeweled pistol. They descended to visit the castle where Pauline Bonaparte, sprightly sister of the Emperor, held a tropical court filled with tropic passions...