Word: reigning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...long reign of George III embraces all the great names in the history of British art; and after this astonishing fruition of national genius, there is no more painting of importance...
...journey to Harrar in Somaliland, whence no white man had ever returned; searching for the source of the Nile (his companion Speke got the credit for discovering Victoria Nyanza, but Burton led the expedition). He made the pilgrimage to Mecca in disguise, went to Salt Lake City in the reign of Brigham Young, made an engineering trip to Iceland, wrote many a book on erotic craft & customs of the Orient. Some spoke of him as "ruffian Dick" and "that blackguard Burton," but nobody ever called him a coward or a bore. The East India Company was glad...
Pithy, 1066 And All That makes short shift of the late Great War and its causes: "King Edward's new policy of peace was very successful and culminated in the Great War to End War. This pacific and inevitable struggle was undertaken in the reign of His Good and memorable Majesty King George V and it was the cause of nowadays and the end of History...
...German governesses, a wave of whom penetrated Kensington in King Edward's reign and openly said that Germany ought to be top nation...
...public to expect a polished and finished production under such circumstances. And, by the same token, it is most unfortunate for them to spend money and time on such a piece of intellectual sterility. If anyone has a sincere desire to know the drama and romance of the reign of Elizabeth I advise him to spend the two dollars on Froude's volume about the Queen. A college room is certainly more restful than the Colonial and the details of Froude more authentic than those of Mr. Anderson. Anyone not possessing that sincere desire had better...