Word: monarchal
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...surging, yelling hysteria of the Sydney people, which you Americans have attributed to the ignorance of staring hooligans and wild colonials, was only our spontaneous, uninhibited and uncontrollable greeting to the Queen . . . You, who have no monarch, can never understand...
First to get a peek at the gallery were an American and a Briton, each of whom had bought more than $14,000 worth of Farouk's stamp collection. The American marveled: "Boy, this is certainly some collection of dirt!" Mused the Englishman: "I cannot understand why the monarch, who was surrounded by so much that was desirable, found pleasure in such obscenity." Meanwhile, four city fathers of Venice demanded that Farouk be kicked out of his Italian exile because he offends "national dignity and morality...
Directions: items 39 through 54 appear in pairs. The first of each pair relates a person to one of the countries pinpointed on the map. For these items write on the answer sheet the number of the country correctly locating the person described. 39. The eldest of this absolute monarch's 40 sons succeeded him here...
...Seven palace servants, accused of seducing five of the Sultan's concubines, were once haled before the wrathful monarch. "I wish to see your blood spilled," said the Sultan. "You shall die, but I give you your choice between a revolver bullet and the lions." Then sacks were pulled over the prisoners' heads and they were told to pray. At that moment, a few pious and powerful members of the Sultan's entourage implored him to spare the wretches' lives; one even predicted that Allah would be angry if the death penalty were carried out. After...
...Once, when the Sultan sent male servants to flog some women for "a peccadillo," the men "were conquered by their charms and, tossing aside the implements of torment, subjected the pretty victims to a more tender treatment." The monarch found them in flagrante delicto; the women were whipped while the Sultan laughed at their screams, then thrown into foul cells, where they were kept on starvation rations. The men were also whipped and then chained to the walls of their cells. All twelve were released when Ben Youssef was deposed as Sultan. Previous victims of similar punishments died in their...