Word: earling
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Court the Baron's son-in-law, the Earl of Coventry, fidgeted and fumed while Justice Avory delivered his 55-minute verdict in the iciest tradition of the British bar. For fully 40 minutes it was impossible to tell whether he was granting the appeal or denying it. But at last Mr. Justice Avory came to his passionless point: "In the opinion of this Court there is ample evidence . . . that this prospectus was false in material, particularly if it conveyed a false impression...
...jumped the Earl of Coventry, rushed to his father-in-law's cell and acquainted Lord Kylsant with the failure of his appeal. Lady Kylsant arrived sobbing. She and the huge man who had been called "Napoleon of the Seas" when he dominated the White Star, Royal Mail and numerous other lines (TIME, Feb. 23) had a last embrace. Then Lord Kylsant said to two warders who were hovering nearby, "My good men, I am ready to go with...
...election beanstalk had sprouted as none in Britain ever sprouted before. Century ago in the reign of King William IV there was something remotely like it. In 1831 the Second Earl Grey, Prime Minister, returned to Parliament with 370 Whig seats, the record party victory for all time until 1931. Last week the National Government of James Ramsay MacDonald returned supported by 476 Conservatives, 66 National Liberals, 13 National Laborites (including the Prime Minister) and 2 Independents. Total: the National Government holds the prodigious total of 557 seats in a House! of Commons of 615. Such miracles used to happen...
Married. Lady May Helen Emma Cambridge, 25, niece of Queen Mary of England, daughter of the Earl & Countess of Athlone; and Capt. Henry Abel Smith, 32, of the Royal Horse Guards; in Balcombe, Sussex. Present were Queen Mary, Prince Edward of Wales (once reported engaged to Lady May) and most of the royal family. Among the bridesmaids: Princess Ingrid of Sweden, small Princess "Lilybet" who thus made her début. Lady May wore the lace veil which Queen Mary and the Countess of Athlone had worn, omitted "obey"-first British royal bride...
...marlin swordfish, played it for nearly two hours, finally landed it. In the bottom of the boat the swordfish lashed violently, wounded Actor Eltinge in the abdomen, inflicted cuts upon other members of the party. Actor Eltinge was hurried to a hospital for an operation by Dr. Earl C. O'Donnell, one of his companions, who had been cut on the hand by the swordfish. Afterwards Dr. O'Donnell discovered that he had contracted bloodpoisoning...