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...consent. The newly elected cardinal appears at a public consistory (the Pope, the college of cardinals, princes and ambassadors to the Papal Court) and receives the red hat, which the Pope places on his head. Immediately afterwards a secret consistory is held during which he is given the cardinal ring and the appelation "Eminence...
...director of the Metropolitan Opera House asked her hesitatingly whether she could sing in Die Walkürie that night. He was badly in need of her services. She said: "Why not?" That evening she sang as an aerial Valkyrie?that is to say, suspended in the iron ring. Next evening her ninth child was born. A few nights later she was again in the iron ring singing...
...attained the proportions of self-sacrificing heroism. When he discovered on the eve of his marriage that Violet had actually been paying their mutual charwoman, Elsie, less than he, he glowed to think what a wonderful wife he was getting. So he wedded her with a nine-caret ring and Elsie stayed on to work harder than ever at even smaller wages for the two of them...
Siki now merges into the black background of obscurity. His utter inability for first class-fighting has dashed cold water on the blazing publicity which lighted his way to honor in the ring and a fortune in local currency...
...miss all mention of the ring and clash of Homer, one may regret and archaeological attitude towards a living art, in this book, but one cannot deny that "The Achievement of Greece" ably fulfills its purpose, and that purpose is a most excellent...