Word: xiii
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...joyous feelings born of spring. Not much later in the day, an event which put the sun in an unnatural eclipse was announced: The Dowager Queen Maria had given birth to a son, six months after the death of her husband. No longer was little Maria Queen; Alfonso XIII, a baby not yet in swaddling clothes, had in theory become King from the minute of his birth. Madrid was burned to a cinder in a great fire of enthusiasm; and the conflagration spread rapidly to the provinces...
...examination period begins on January 22 and classes start again on February 9. All examinations are at 9.15 o'clock unless specified as beginning at 2 o'clock. THURSDAY, JANUARY 22 (XIII) Anthropology 2 Geol. Lect. Rm. Astronomy 3 Astron, Lab. Botany 14a Bot. Mus. 29 Chemistry B Geol. Lect. Rm. Class. Archaeology 1a Sever 30 Economics A Mr. Bober, A, C, F, P New Lect. Hall Mr. Champerlin, I, K, Q, W New Lect. Hall Mr. Epstein, D, G, R, X Harvard 6 Mr. Heath, H, S, V Harvard 5 Mr. Mason, N, T Harvard 2 Mr. Opic...
...Valentin Conrart, secretary to Louis XIII, received each week in his house eight of the literary lights of the period. It was not long before Cardinal Richelieu heard of the meetings and, wishing to control the litterateurs as he controlled everybody else, he offered his protection and promised a royal charter to the society. Most of the habitués of Conrart's garret would have preferred to remain free; but it was dangerous to oppose the Cardinal, so they reluctantly were forced to accept the offer of His Eminence. In 1635, letters patent were granted by the King...
...night a hearse rattled its way along the narrow streets of Rome from St. Peter's to the Basilica of St. John Lateran. Beside the hearse walked a few of the Pope's georgeous guards, a few Vatican officials. All Rome slept. The body of Pope Leo XIII was being removed, in accordance with his expressed will, to its final resting place...
Those who know would hardly say that Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, was in any way a ruler endowed with remarkable gifts of kingship. Yet it remains an incontrovertible fact that he is a most amiable person and a sportsman of sterling qualities. As sovereign of Spain, he is undoubtedly in a most difficult position. His democratic leanings are well enough known. In principle, he agrees with the British conception of monarchy; but, unfortunately, Director Primo Rivera and his satellites are masters of the situation and, willy-nilly, the King must bow to the inevitable and accept for the time...