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Johann Buddenbrook. The son of the founder of the firm. "A kind papa, a worthy man." A German of the old 18th Century school who "never in all his life has worn a pair of trousers." Able in business, he has raised the Buddenbrooks to their important position. What if he is a rough diamond, who sometimes forgets himself and relapses into low German dialect before the fine guests...
...romantic as fiction. It is impossible to give away the plot, because there is nothing that could really be called a plot. But there are plenty of interesting adventures and extraordinary characters and one can recommend this story (which begins in an oculist's office with a pair of near-sighted eyes) to anybody?which means everybody?who has ever cherished a secret ambition to become a hobo...
After the rest period, the all-around superiority of the Andover team, told. The individual brilliance of the schoolboy forwards interspersed with clever bits of teamwork gave the Blue a commanding lead. Mumby and Billhardt are without doubt the best pair of forwards that have opposed the Freshmen this year...
...separate thoroughfares. A mounted cavalcade uniformed in red and yellow guarded the Prince. Arrived at the Palace, Prince and Princess and members of the royal family proceeded with a slow movement toward the shrine. This took two hours. At the shrine (Kashiki-Dokoro or Holy of Holies) the pair took their vows, witnessed by 122 imperial spirits. They then exchanged bowls of sacred rice-wine. That was all. Thereupon 101 guns announced to the gala populace without that the ceremony was complete. After a royal luncheon, the Prince Regent and his consort led a triumphal procession from the Imperial palace...
...following day, Sunday, the pair visited the Emperor and Empress at Namazu, went to Iso to announce their wedding to the great Emperor Jimmu (said to have ascended the throne in the year 660 B. C.) and to Yamada to do the same to the Emperor Momoyama...