Word: visitant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that by his manner he had tried to intimidate her, that he had told her she must not say the fatal flight of the Shenandoah was political; she declared she believed that the Navy had set out to whitewash the Shenandoah accident. The day after Captain Foley's visit he had sent her a paper containing a suggested statement for her to make to the court. This "twisted the facts," she said; she took exception to one part which said: "My husband regarded the Shenandoah as a manofwar. He was ready at all times to take the ship...
Later the Caliph rode on horseback through the streets of Tetuan and muttered a ritual prayer before such of the numberless holy places of the city as were not considered worthy of an actual visit. Before the mosques of Sidi Ali Raisuli, Saidi, and Sidi Mohammed El Hach, he descended from his horse and was elaborately welcomed amid complicated ceremonies during which several bulls were sacrificed. Finally he reviewed the native troops amid much rejoicing...
Later in the week the President paid an official visit to Karlsruhe and was greeted by high dignitaries of the Baden Government, including Premier Hellpach. Amid cheering throngs von Hindenburg was whisked by motor to a state luncheon. Rising to acknowledge a toast, he recalled to his hearers "those happy years which I spent as a division commander with headquarters at Karlsruhe...
...never played, books which were never published, until a novel, The Improvisatore, brought him suddenly to fame. In his spare moments he had written a few fairy tales, idle things for which he had no regard. He wanted to be a dramatist. He traveled through Europe; after his triumphant visit to England, Charles Dickens saw him off from Ramsgate Pier. His plays were refused. People asked for more fairy stories. In 1847 and 1848 two new volumes were published. He wrote a romance, a book of travel; they failed to sell. "Fairy stories," readers begged. So, still disdaining them...
Helen nags Menelaus to have Pyrrhus come on a visit but he recalls to her that he had admitted one good looking young man to the house with no good result. Insulted, Helen ejaculates, "I left this house once, and I can do it again. . . . I'll stay on the one condition, that you insult me no more. Do you wish me to stay...