Sentences with phrase «british aristocrats»

Before he could take a visit, died of British aristocrats.

In turn, the young British aristocrats of the 18th and 19th centuries went to Greece and Rome and were disappointed to find unwashed peasants instead of the classical magnificence they thought they'd find there.

Admire the charming town and its hillside mansions, the charming legacy of bygone British aristocrats.

When Queen Charlotte of England acquired several white Spitzes, the dogs became fashionable among British aristocrats.

For instance, in addition to presiding over the long - running Leiden 85 - plus study, which tracks cognitive decline and risk factors for heart disease, stroke, and other illnesses in people 85 and older, Westendorp came up with an innovative and inexpensive way to explore the evolutionary tradeoff between longevity and fertility: analyzing old genealogical records of British aristocrats.

Westendorp had noticed advertisements in newsmagazines for a CD - ROM loaded with the genealogical histories of 33,497 British aristocrats dating back to the year 740.

It acquired so fashionable an aura among 18th - century British aristocrats that it became known as The English Malady.

I tried this idea out recently on a British aristocrat, who replied, in a horrified tone, «No.

Like, why is this Swede running around in the jungle pretending to be a British Aristocrat.

WHAT: After leaving the jungles of Africa to assume his rightful position as British aristocrat John Clayton III alongside his wife Jane (Margot Robbie), the man formerly known as Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård) is lured back to the Congo under false pretenses.

Set in 1890, the film begins several years after the man formerly known as Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård) left the jungles of Africa to assume his rightful position as British aristocrat John Clayton III alongside his wife Jane (Margot Robbie).

Set during the Roaring Twenties, this class - conscious comedy chronicles the challenges faced by a proper British aristocrat (Ben Barnes) when he brings his free - spirited American bride (Jessica Biel) home to meet his stuffy, aristocratic parents (Kristin Scott Thomas and Colin Firth).

Young Cody is assigned by the director of the C.I.A. (Keith David) to track down the rogue officer Diaz (Keith Allen), who was once Cody's trainer at C.I.A. camp but has now joined the evil British aristocrat Lord Kenworth (James Faulkner) in a mad plot to rule the world by implanting mind - controlling microchips in the molars of world leaders.

The basics: Raised by apes — but now living as a civilized British aristocrat — Lord Greystoke (Skarsgard) returns to his roots (and vines) when the ape - man's jungle home is threatened by colonial exploitation.

The iilegitimate son of a British aristocrat fights to regain his honor, title, and family fortune.

But when long - term commitments are made, most buyers in the luxury - performance market opt for a gleaming German hausfrau (BMW, Mercedes - Benz, Porsche), a stylish British aristocrat (Aston Martin, Bentley, Jaguar), or an even hotter Italian trophy wife (Ferrari, Lamborghini).

Joe is Lydia's only hope, but the hard - hearted soldier and the British aristocrat find themselves at odds as time runs out.

The Golden Retriever is of noble origins in that it was developed by a British aristocrat named Lord Tweedmouth.

Christopher Monckton — a British aristocrat and former adviser to Margaret Thatcher who has become a self - described «nonconformist» dissector of climate research — told me on Friday that he'd cautioned other conference presenters on this point.

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The reason the media report it is not only there hatred for Arsenal the aristocrats of British football, but they consistently question the medical team and training methods.

There's a keen, biting edge to these crystalline recollections; by the third episode, «Some Hope,» which takes place in a labyrinthine mansion during a country aristocrat's party, Patrick Melrose is turning the refined and dazzling world of British peerage on its ear.

Here, she talks about her new film, Belle, a fact - based, historical drama starring Gugu Mbatha - Raw about the daughter of an African slave and a British ship captain who was raised in England as an aristocrat.

Adapted from the British novel Fingersmith, The Handmaiden is a visually lush, thematically audacious and riotously camp thriller set almost entirely within the vast estate of an eccentric Japanese aristocrat.

On the one hand you have the German master in comfort with a performance twist, on the other the refined British sporty aristocrat and, finally, the sports car turned sedan just for the sake of it.

For example, the British of the day would often throw lavish parties in Paris and invite all of the city's aristocrats so as to attempt to pick up the customs and manners of French high - culture.