Word: thornes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Thorn McAn has been robbed 252 times...
...take the oath of allegiance to the Republic;* 3) The Roman Catholic Nuncio at Prague to be hereafter excused when the Diplomatic Corps and the Government of Czechoslovakia participate each year in the great national festival honoring the late, famed, fiery Protestant John Huss, national hero of Czechoslovaks,-and thorn in the Papal side...
Cardozo--Bleiweiss, Isaacs v. Sargent--Rusbason, Thorn...
Onetime Prime Minister David Lloyd George was from an early date "a thorn in the King's side." The King had frequently to complain of one of Mr. George's speeches, according to Sir Sidney, and prevailed upon the late Prime Minister Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman on one occasion to admonish the little Welshman to "avoid such a tone in future...
Most people associate the battle of Bosworth Field with Richard III's offer to barter his kingdom for a lone horse. As a matter of fact, he lest his kingdom anyway, and Henry Richmond, who picked up the crown from a thorn bush and became Henry VII of England was the man who started Britain on the road to the glory and success of the Elizabethan...