Word: wellington
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Russian winter of 1812, or when he took refuge in the arms of England after the loss of Waterloo. It is a matter between these rulers and their conscience whether or not it had been better for Napoleon to have blown his brains out after his defeat by Wellington or for Davis to have done the same when Richmond fell. Brave men rarely question another's courage, particularly at such a moment as the downcrash of an empire. I have known many men of moral and physical courage-but none more personally chivalrous and brave than the now exiled...
Denied Divorce. Christian Arthur Wellesley, fourth Earl of Cowley, actor, descendant of Richard Colley Marquess Wellesley (famed Governor General of India, 1797-1805; Duke of Wellington's brother); from the Countess, onetime May Picard, Manhattan chorus girl; at London...
...Kuyuin Wellington Koo, famed "political handyman of China," sometime Chinese plenipotentiary to the principal Occidental powers and conferences during the last generation, was commanded by Super Tuchun Chang Tso-lin, War Lord of Manchuria and Peking, to form a Cabinet...
...What "nobly 'simple" reply did the Duke of Wellington make when Lord Anglesey suddenly observed, "By God I've lost...
...Wellington: [At Waterloo] "Lord Anglesey suddenly observed, 'By God, I've lost my leg!' 'Have you, by God?' replied the Duke...