Word: lording
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Stevenson's love of pose, his affectations, his theatric sense Mr. Steuart sees again in his last days in Samoa, as a sort of white chief, a lord of the manor among the admiring natives. "A bouncing egotist who loves the limelight as a beachcomber loves rum," said his neighbors...
...Lord Mayor's banquet (see above) in the Guildhall (the offices and Council Chamber of the Corporation of the City of London), Premier Baldwin arose to make the usual speech expected of British Prime Ministers on this occasion. Many times in the history of the Guildhall important political speeches have been voiced within its wall and have echoed to the dim, distant parts of the world. Premier Baldwin was at a disadvantage, however. Just reappointed Premier, he was compelled by custom to make his first speech, as such, before the first Cabinet Council had met. It was not, therefore...
...first lecture was given by Sir Auckland Geddes, ex-British Ambassador to the U. S., before 3,000 people. Lord Balfour presided, and Premier Baldwin and U. S. Ambassador Frank B. Kellogg were present on the platform...
...Baldwin's last Cabinet, Viscount Peel was Secretary of State for India; and Viscount Cecil, better known as Lord Robert Cecil, was Lord Privy Seal. The appointment Lord Privy Seal...
This evening in Emerson D the Right Reverend Dr. Arthur Cayley Headlam, Bishop of Gloucester and eminent English divine, will deliver the first of the six William Belden Noble lectures at the University this year. Tonight Bishop Headlam will speak on "The Historical Authority for Our Lord's Ministry...