Word: saxonism
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...German States,* Saxony is considered the most unlikely to harbor any Monarchist designs. The spectacle of King Friedrich Augustus reviewing his legions was, therefore, as strange as it was surprising.† King Friedrich Augustus ascended the Saxon throne in 1904 on the death of his father, King George. He is possessed of an anemic personality and a presence far from inspiring, which accounts in no small degree for the alleged lack of Monarchist sentiment in Saxony. It is said that on one occasion, when he was standing in uniform upon a station platform, a lady asked him to move...
...latter-as Author Belloc would agree if his humility matches his fervor- is the more important. Man being but an infirm creature, his convictions matter little, however brilliant and penetrating. But to couch convictions in beautiful words, to elaborate them faithfully beyond the perversive structures of Anglo-Saxon terseness, that is art, that is service...
...distinctly seen at Wimbledon to extract a pair of heavy tortoise-shelled spectacles from a large case and don them. With the King and Queen both converted to the use of "American glasses" they are now bound to become widely worn and provide yet another mark of Anglo-Saxon unity...
...years ago, Princess Victoria of Battenberg (now called Mountbatten) was married to King Alfonso. The young Queen, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of Britain, it is true, changed her religion, but she did not change her outlook on life so easily. To Madrid she carried a number of Anglo-Saxon prejudices that clashed sharply with Romance culture. If Spanish society did not please her, she closed her eyes to it. If certain grandees by their empty verbosity bored her, she heard as little as possible. But from bullfighting there was no escape...
...nursery, the Queen could at least thank God that she was screened from the public gaze. In an Anglo-Saxon atmosphere, she brought up her Anglo-German-Spanish children. Did she tell them bull stories? Most probably. But atavistic influences did more and today, if the Spanish in the 18-year-old Prince of Asturias makes him a bullfighting enthusiast, his Anglo-Ger-man conscience revolts and he becomes head of the Cruelty to Animals Society. If the 16-year-old Beatriz and the 14-year-old Cristina adore the toreador, they detest the cruel slaughter of bulls. Thus...