Word: king
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Geddes,* Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith and Baron Brad bury of Winsford. As a stirring climax to the induction of the Twelve, there was administered to them this Knightly Oath: "You shall honor God above all things ; you shall be steadfast in the faith of Christ. You shall love the King your Sovereign Lord, and him and his right defend to your power. You shall defend maidens, widows and orphans in their rights and shall suffer no extortion as far as you may prevent it, and of as great honor be this order unto you as ever...
Raquel Meller has been the object of much myth. However, it is generally agreed that she was born in Saragossa, in Aragon, Spain, between 30 and 40 years ago; that she sang in a convent, in fishermen's cafes, before the King of Spain; that she has acquired three maids, eight dogs. 42 trunks of fine clothes; that she smokes cigarets tantalizingly. Her one-time husband, Gomez Carillo, South American journalist, once thought she was insane. But the Pope annulled that marriage...
...Copenhagen, Maria Jeritza (Baroness von Popper), famed "golden" soprano of the Metropolitan, sang in Tosca twice, Carmen once, Tannhauser once. Contrary to their polite custom of appearing at only one performance in an operatic series, the King and Queen of Denmark, dressed in their bravest regalia, sat in their box every time Jeritza sang. The King gave the singer a decoration encased in a gold medallion and asked her to attend an intimate family party at the palace after her first performance. This Mme. von Popper did with dignity and delight...
...Marques, Don Estanislao de Urquijo, is president of the Compania Telefonica and has inherited a close financial connection with the Bourbon dynasty (his father having given many a shrewd bit of advice to Alfonso XIII. in the King's early days. The present Marques de Urquijo is rated Spain's greatest banker (Banco Urquijo of Madrid...
...that virginity is silly anyway. Linus married the offspring that had caused the disturbance. "Little she knew then or afterwards, that Linus was her own father. And- strange are the ways of half-gods-little would she have cared, had she known it." For, blissfully mated, they lived as king and queen, inventing all manner of pleasantries, such as the "House of the Doves," named after the creature whose love-antics are the most varied and delectable. But the gods, jealous of mortal contentment, sent a pestilence-the evil of goodness. Infected by goodness, mortals grew dull and spiritless...