Word: twickenham
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...Royal House of Braganza-Coburg was deposed in the person of King Manoel II. He now resides at Twickenham, near London, on his pleasant estate, Fulwell Park...
...born at Twickenham, England, haunt of Poet Alexander Pope. For decades he squandered huge sums extracted from various titled persons or realized from the sale of his estates. He attempted to enlist in the French army during the War but was refused. Under French law "the privilege of defending the Republic is denied to the sons of families that have reigned over France...
Some 30,000 Englishmen, including George Windsor, better known by his first name, went to Twickenham. There they witnessed what they testified to be one of the most thrilling "rugger" matches ever held between Oxford and Cambridge Universities...
...collection of the Department of Fine Arts, permanently deposited in the Museum, two plates in the etched state of Turner's "Liber Studiorum" have been added. The prints are entitled "Hind Head Hill" and "Twickenham...
...French text, his translation is far from an exact one; in fact a friend remarked to him that he had produced a very good poem but he must not call it Homer's. The translation was, however, very successful, and with his fortune he bought the estate at Twickenham, called by Swift, "Pope's Villa...