In consequence of the maintenance of peace and order in the interior of the country and an unprecedented increase of traffic by means of the railways, Surakarta ( and, in a minor degree, also Yogyakarta ) Court culture developed into a common spiritual sphere of the priyayi class, the gentlefolk of Java.
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His general health deteriorated in his eighties, and he was admitted in 1982 to the Distressed Gentlefolks Aid Association's Nursing Home in Vicarage Gate, Kensington, where he was well looked after, venturing out by taxi once a week to his London club,'Bucks', in Mayfair, for luncheons.
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At the age of 72, Finn and her daughter Constance founded the Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association or D . G . A . A ., the predecessor of Elizabeth Finn Care on 5 May 1897'in the hope of alleviating some of the distress which has overtaken ladies and gentlemen who have seen better days .
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The following year he brought out a translation of Ivan Turgenev's " Nest of Gentlefolk " as " Liza "; in 1872, his 439-page " Songs of the Russian People as Illustrative of Slavonic Mythology and Russian Social Life ", and in 1873 a bloodthirsty collection of " Russian Folk Tales ".
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By 2000 the charity had decided to change its name, as " gentlefolk " had become dated and the organisation decided to honour the memory of its founder by changing its name to the Elizabeth Finn Trust . the change was described as necessary by the charity's Chief Executive, Jonathan Welfare, because " we describe ourselves as an organisation that helps out with professionals rather than gentlefolk ".
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By 2000 the charity had decided to change its name, as " gentlefolk " had become dated and the organisation decided to honour the memory of its founder by changing its name to the Elizabeth Finn Trust . the change was described as necessary by the charity's Chief Executive, Jonathan Welfare, because " we describe ourselves as an organisation that helps out with professionals rather than gentlefolk ".
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Nobody in London was certain whether the fight was the latest, or earliest, ever held in this country, birthplace not only of Henry Cooper, a contender who 30 years ago floored, but did not defeat, the fighter then known as Cassius Clay, but also of the Marquis of Queensbury, who made up the rules that were supposed to turn bare-knuckle assault into battery acceptable to gentlefolk.
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The only sour note was scarcely a fair one,'With such a name, he ought to do better .'Voloshin more shrewdly suggested that Alexei, with his real talent, could profit by it .'You know, you are an extremely talented and interesting man,'he ventured one day .'You certainly ought to be the one to carry on the old tradition of the literary, " nest of gentlefolk, "'Tolstoy, he added, should achieve a suitable style and write a massive epic.
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During his travels around the world, visiting international museums and universal antiques auctions such as : Sotheby s, Christie s and others, Dr . El Andary was able to collect precious, rare and authentic royal masterpieces and belongings of famous personalities such as : King Louis XIV, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon III, King George III, king George V, Empress Maria Theresa, King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al-Saud, Adolf Hitler, Grand Admiral Kilic Ali Pasha, shah Abbas I Al Safavid, Sultan Suleiman Al Qanuni, Ottoman Sultans, Princes, Sheikhs of tribes in the Arabian Peninsula, Patriarchs, Bishops, Gentlefolk, Painters, Authors, Philosophers, Scientists and others.
