Word: splendour
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...shirker, Ringmaster's ringmaster wrote his own opening article under the pseudonym of "Guy McHerring.'' An extraordinary piece of prose called Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Stieglitz and Splendour, it seemed to be intended as political fantasy...
When the national socialists came to power, they were supported by many opposing elements in Germany, and Mrs. Lewis believes that this was the cause of the ambiguous aims of the government. For some, national socialism stood as the anti-semitic cause, for some it meant pomp and splendour, for some the cause of nationalism and rearmament...
...great hall adjacent to this place of judgment, however, that the gloomy and darkling splendour of the palace really displayed itself. Here massy pillars of stone supported the great arch of the roof, decorated in the Roman fashion which Vitruvius has taught us so well to admire. Below the glory of this reticulated ceiling, effulgent with the light of a thousand candles, lived and worked the other unfortunate inmates of the vast and awe-inspiring edifice. Unfortunate they were indeed to be called, for not one of them who appeared smiling and joyous but wore his smile as a mask...
...Emperor Napoleon, pausing to celebrate one of his perennial triumphs in the midst of carnage was holding a grand reception in Versailles and the splendour of a continent had gathered in homage. Talleyrand was there, with the ironical manner which caused the Emperor to assault him once in Fontainebleau, and the ambassador of Alexander of Russia. To him the Emperor was particularly gracious, for he was planning to betray his master. A nuncio from the Vatican moved remotely amid the revelry. In an ante-chamber the representative of his Brittannic Majesty cooled his heels neglected, anticipating a dozen Waterloos...