Word: venerable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...King Edward came to the throne, and motors began to splutter in Piccadilly, and John's hands went on sliding into pockets. He thieved all through the four years of the first world war. Dictators rose to power and maps were altered overnight: but John, white-haired and vener able, was still standing with his itch ing fingers among the noise and bustle of the Strand...
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