Word: queen
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Degrader of a queen, of England's queen...
...part duet, "Merry Rosamond the Fair," sung by Messrs. Butler and Sherwood, and their pantomimic display, were received with peals of laughter. Mr. Butler as "Queen Ellinor" was simply "immense," and from his first appearance was greeted with continuous applause. His representation of the aged spouse was tragic to a degree, and a well-known theatrical critic expressed high appreciation of the talent for acting in burlesque displayed by Messrs. Butler and Sprague...
...Queen's College Journal gives the Acta a puff, and benevolently adds; "If the Acta would like to copy our original poetry or anything, it's heartily welcome." Heaven forbid that the Acta should accept this invitation. We could not survive a second reading of the Journal's poetry...
ATHLETICS.Oxford University Sports, March 18 - 20, - 100 yards, E. C. Trepplin (Brasenose), 10 2/5 sec.; throwing cricket ball, C. A. W. Gilbert, 119 yds. 2 ft.; 150-yards handicap, A. H. Black (Queen's, 12 yards start), 14 3/5 sec.; mile-race, H. C. Jenkins (Corpus), 4 min, 33 2/5 sec.; wide jump, C. W. M. Kemp (Oriel), 21 ft. 1 in.; 440 yards, M. Shearman (St. John's), 52 1/5 sec.; high jump, C. R. Mogg, 5 ft. 6 1/2 in.; 440-yards handicap, J. Shearman (L. A. C.) (scratch), 51 2/5 sec.; 120-yards hurdles, S. F. Jackson...
...mark on alighting. 120-yards hurdle handicap, W. Collier, Jesus (5 yards), 18 2/5 sec. S. Palmer, whose mark was eight yards behind scratch, was only beaten a foot. Quarter-mile open handicap, final heat, W. Westmacott, Exeter, Oxford (20 yards), 50 2/6 sec.; 3-mile handicap, B.G. Parkin, Queen's (180 yards...