Word: midshipmen
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...knowing of his marriage. She arrives at Don Lamberto's residence just as he is expecting a visit from the Queen; and in order to avoid awkward explanations, Fanchette improves an opportunity given her by Don Lamberto to disguise herself as a member of the corps of Midshipmen of the Royal Navy, commanded by Don Lamberto. When Fanchette reappears in her disguise, Lamberto and the Queen are at the table dining, and the trio are surprised by the entrance of Don Domingos, the master of court ceremonies, who has seen Fanchette enter, and finding only one lady present, and that...
Professor Dana graduated from Yale in 1833, and was appointed instructor in mathematics to midshipmen in the U. S. Navy...