Word: toured
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...were all drenched to the skin and shivering. Because of my parents' years* we feared what might be the after-effects of such exposure. . . . But they recovered splendidly. . . . At present they are in Egypt, continuing their tour around the world...
...cult of universal sweetness, light, passivity. Mrs. Besant is a lady of undoubted kindness and some scholarship. She holds a doctor's degree (Litt. D.) from the University of Benares, India. According to Captain Jones, she now plans to appoint twelve "apostles," including herself and several other ladies, to tour the world with the haloed Krishnamurti. Whether she intends anything more than a superlative theosophic lecture tour, with or without a Messiah, depends upon the accuracy of Captain Jones's information...
...sets out on a tour of Europe. He makes gifts; here a few pounds of rhubarb, there the skin of a black fox or a sable. Only twice does he give away an ermine, once to the Queen of Holland, once to a wench who satisfies him. At Riga he is chased away from the fortifications. At Königsberg he makes the Grand Electress blush, argues with Leibnitz, is trained in gunnery. At Berlin he rapes the Duchess of Mecklenburg. In Holland he learns anatomy and ship building. At Vienna he gets word of a revolution in Russia...
...Tour. The Musical Studio of the Moscow Art Theatre, now appearing in Manhattan; and the State Jewish Theatre, about to leave Moscow for a series of European engagements...
...royalty. Before he was called to the throne of Belgium, Leopold I rented it from the Crown for ?3,000 a year. It was there, of course, that the present King was born. There, in the great 'Treasure Room," the fabulous riches presented to King Edward on his tour of India are still preserved in seclusion. At present the aged Miss Knollys, lifelong companion of Alexandra, is in charge of Marlborough House, pending its disposition to the Prince of Wales...