Sentences with phrase «british noblemen»

Black Adder [4/1] Rowan Atkinson may be best known in the States as Mr. Bean (or other dumb - playing roles like Johnny English), but for my money, his absolute best series is Black Adder, where he plays a series of British noblemen (each season is set in a different century) with dry wit and an unfortunate lot of idiotic hangers - on.

An 18th century British nobleman, Baron Rothschild, was rumored to have made his fortune buying during the panic that followed the Battle of Waterloo against Napoleon.

Amanda Bynes («The Amanda Show», «All That») stars as Daphne, bred up to be a free spirit by her hippie - ish mother, who once had a brief fling with a British nobleman, who has been long out of the picture.

Baron Rothschild, an 18th century British nobleman, is credited with saying, «The time to buy is when there's blood in the streets.»

One interesting example: British nobleman John Tunstall moved to his ranch during the 1870s in New Mexico where he hired, among others, young William Bonney.

Not exact matches

To put the unfolding scenario in proper historical perspective, the British had first invaded the Emerald Isle back in the 12th Century, establishing at that time a feudal system which ensured that avaricious noblemen could enrich themselves at the expense of the local populace.

This idyll was encouraged by the marriages of American heiresses to impoverished English noblemen — usually a trade of money for title — by parents enchanted by a particular vision of British life.

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