Word: gracious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Queen Margherita was the only daughter of the late Prince Ferdinando of Savoy, Duke of Genoa. She exhibited throughout her life a gracious penchant for royal democracy, which the Italian people warmed to and understood...
...practice but believes in the open shop. He is a fighting pacifist. He is the only man of whom the Encyclopedia Britannica reversed its opinion completely within a decade. General Pershing said of him: "He has made possible what I have done." He is a loyal friend, a gracious enemy. In his presence conversation is rarely trivial and never low. He is not all things to all men; he is the same thing to all men, a gentleman and a scholar. If a Greek piano-tuner visited his house professionally, Mr. Baker would learn all about the insides...
That night the concierges of numerous hotels explained. The Duke of Aosta, gracious cugino (cousin) of His Majesty Vittorio Emanuele, had merely been greeted with the honors due his rank when he called upon famed Soldier-Poet Gabriele d'Annunzio at the latter's villa beside the lake...
...Gracious to a Fault...
...wholly English, I admire the Prince. He is destined to rule a great nation whose domain covers the globe. He seeks first-hand knowledge by circumnavigating the earth. His is a severe and delicate task. and he has unquestionably shown remarkable vision and wisdom thus far. He is gracious to a fault; snobbishness he does not know or at least does not practice. The world has welcomed the Prince and no doubt will continue to do so long after Mary from Boston has ceased in her attempt (however ignoble) to belittle the heir apparent to the English throne...