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Margaret Thatcher was Britain's Prime Minister, Called 'Iron Lady' and Very well known.
One wag delivered this Paraprosdokian: "Iron, indeed, but Her heart is pure stone".
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Victor Emmanuel, First king of Italy, Waved to the crowd and Declared with due weight:
"Had it not been for your Counterimperial Fight, we would not have a Unified state".
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Andrew Lloyd Webber has Mastered the method of Writing hit musicals Time after time.
Some critics scorn his tunes' Accessibility; Bernstein and Sondheim are Deemed more sublime.
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Johann Sebastian Bach was a genius, Famous for fugues and Cantatas galore.
Sometimes he verges on Polytonality; Look on the Web if you Want to learn more.
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Richard the Lionheart Reigned for ten years without Spending much time in the England he ruled.
Politics, rather than Spirituality, Drove his crusading, though Many were fooled.
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Here's to El Cid, the Illustrious warrior, Known to his troops as the Campeador.
Later commanders, like Zumalacárregui, Couldn't compare with that Hero of yore.
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Today's A Word A Day was QUIXOTRY
Don't overlook him: Miguel de Cervantes, who wrote Don Quixote in 1605
The Man of La Mancha fought Phantasmagorical Beasties and Windmills he Made come alive.
(Note: A quick Google search reveals that Don Quixote's "real" name is Alonso Quijano, a 16th-century Spanish hidalgo. Those fit the rhythm, too.)
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Ludwig van Beethoven's B flat sonata was Published as Opus one- hundred-and-six.
Some players found the piece Incomprehensible, Due to its length and its Structural tricks.
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson Wowed the Victorians Due to his powerful Rhythm and rhyme.
Though his best verses have Memorability, Some of his oeuvre is Not so sublime.
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Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish First Minister, Riled her opponents by Speaking her mind;
Transgender rights were an Ideological Battle too far, so she Up and resigned.
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