Word: lions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...exceptionally cruel man. He merely pandered to the tastes of his subjects who, effete with a fin-de-siècle weariness, derived immense gratification from the spectacle of carnivorous animals at their meals. It is hard to think that so astute a monarch could have been vexed with the lion who succumbed to pity, shedding, it is said, small drops of woe when confronted with the lean and shivering Daniel. They only were cruel who jeered the gentle beast for his clemency...
...jealousy of Akbar the Great and his Imperial Muhammadan successors,* until finally a Sikh ruler, in self-protection, was forced to add militarism to the Sikh code. His name was Govind Singh. He instituted the ceremonial of baptism. When a mature Sikh youth became baptized, he added Singh (Lion) to his name-"John Jones" became "John Jones, Lion." From baptism, the youth must wear the five "K"s: 1) kes-uncut hair of the whole body; 2) kachh-short drawers, for convenience in fighting; 3) kara-iron bangle; 4) khanda-steel dagger; 5) khanga-comb (his kit for cleanliness...
Armillary Sphere is a great sundial cast in the design of that ancient astrological instrument, the armillary. Man and woman repose at its base; the goat, the lion, the bear, the ram, pursue each other in its wheels, while the armillary seems to spin, with slow laughter, through interstellar space...
...Androcles and the Lion", Mr. George Bernard Shaw's satircal version of the ancient fable, expressively and delightfully presented at the Capley Theatre, Monday evening, drew an audience whose size and enthusiasm indicates a rush for early reservations. This is the first opportunity for almost a decade in Boston to see one of the most famous and funniest of Mr. Shaw's plays, and those people who follow the best in the theatre are taking no chances of missing such an excellent production of the great "humanitarian naturalist...
...title presages, the whole piece is very much be-lioned yet the conduct of the author's particular member of this terrible species is decidedly un-leonine. Like the lion in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", he is of very gentle conscience, and Richard Whorf, in playing the part, showed a very commendable interpretation of Mr. Shaw's conception...