Word: hanoverian
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...discretion in matters of this kind." To Edward VII (Prince of Wales, just before the christening of her grandson, now George V): "I cannot admire the names you propose to give the baby. I had hoped for some fine old name. . . . George only came over with the Hanoverian family...
...launching a savage offensive in the first half, Dartmouth was able to win its second game of the season by a onesided score. Oberlander, big and speedy halfback, was the Hanoverian star. Forward passes played a big part in the Dartmouth attack, two being completed for scores. In the second half, with many substitutes playing, only one touchdown was made. The Dartmouth defence against forward passes was weak, and Hobart twice threatened by making long gains over the aerial route...
CHRONICLES OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY?Maud Wyndham ?Hougliton Mifflin?(2 vols., $10.00). These books, based upon the correspondence of the Lyttelton family, cover one of the most placid periods of English history?the early Hanoverian period. Apart from their value to history, which is not inconsiderable, they show what a wide chasm the England of today has jumped...
...three of the four Green scores came as the result of skilful passing. The latter's first goal, however, which came early in the second period with the score 3-0 in favor of the Cambridge team, was a slow, gliding shot by Douplin. Twenty seconds later the second Hanoverian goal got by Flood...
...famous lawyer is know to have defended rats in court at Autun. The interest of some men takes the form a animal study. An English enthusiast reports the appearance of a plague of blind moles, a reaction, he thinks, of the war and the disappearance of the Hanoverian rat, and unwelcome attache to the House of Hanover...