Word: royall
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Grenfell is a graduate of King's College, Oxford, and the Royal College of Surgeons, and was for a time associated with Sir Frederick Treves, King Edward's surgeon. For 18 years he has been engaged in medical and philanthropic work in Labrador and has bettered the educational and economic situation there by establishing schools and co-operative stores. He cruises the coast of Labrador in summer in his hospital ship and in winter covers the distance from settlement to settlement by dog-teams, caring for the sick and needy fishermen who comprise most of the population of this region...
...Oliver, who summons him into the mansion and compels him to sing one of his ballads with which all the streets of Paris are ringing. The ballad is directed against the king, and Oliver hopes to bring about the composer's ruin by having him sing it in the royal presence. At the close of the song the king summons before him Loyse, a beautiful bourgeoise with whom Oliver-Le-Daim has fallen in love. Louis promises Gringoire that he will spare his life if he succeeds in winning Loyse within the hour. When left alone with her, however...
...subject yet written. Among his other published works are "The Life of Miguel de Cervantes Laavedra," "Cervantes in England," an edition of the text of "Don Quixote," and "Lope de Vega and the Spanish Drama." He is a member of the British Academy and a corresponding member of the Royal Spanish Academy; he has lectured at the British Academy, and at Oxford on the "Taylorian Foundation...
Professor C. H. Toy will deliver a lecture in room 2 of the Semitic Museum this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock on "A Cufic Koran Manuscript in the Semitic Museum." The original, of which this is a copy, is in the Royal Library of St. Petersburg and is believed to be the oldest Koran manuscript in existence...
...Olivier, who summons him into the mansion and compels him to sing a ballad of his with which all the streets of Paris are ringing. The ballad is directed against the king, and Olivier hopes to bring about the composer's ruin by having him sing it in the royal presence. At its close the king commands Olivier to leave the room. When alone with Gringoire, to the latter's surprise, he does not vent his anger, but promises to give him a wife...