Word: victorians
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thus setting a great seal of triumph upon the labors of two men named Chamberlain, one living and one dead-Austen Chamberlain, His Majesty's Secretary for Foreign Affairs, who negotiated the Locarno Treaties (TIME, Oct. 12 et seq., INTERNATIONAL), and Joseph Chamberlain, beloved and fearless Victorian champion of Empire, whose darling wish it was that his son Austen should grow up into a statesman whose diplomacy should transcend even the limits of the Empire...
Died, Lord Ribblesdale, 71, "last of the picturesque peers of the Victorian era," in London (see Page...
first play of the new International Playhouse flags badly after you have finished admiring the sets. It is a Chinese romance, decidedly Victorian in conception and development. Sentiment and joss sticks, torture and leering yellow faces are right enough in their place. That place comes dangerously near being the movies...
This course surveys the writers and movements of English literature during the first three-quarters of the century. The great figures in the Romantic and Victorian Periods will be presented in personal and literary relationships; political and social backgrounds will be correlated with the great developments of poetry, the novel, and the essay...
During his wide travels Lieutenant Sousa has received numerous decorations in recognition of his ability as a leader and a musician. Besides being decorated with the Victorian Order of England he has received the Palms of the Academy, a French decoration and medals from other countries...