She had met plenty of lazy professionals in her time, people content to mark time until retirement, but none of them had still been athletic in their mid forties.

In a word, there has hardly been any great event, in any part of Europe, in which the Britiſh crown by its miniſters, or the inhabitants of Britain by their valour, have not had a conſiderable part. Sir Thomas Chaloner attended the Emperor Charles V. in his African expedition. The Earl of Eſſex commanded the Engliſh auxiliaries in the ſervice of Henry IV. of France. To ſay nothing of our hoſtile expeditions, in ſupport of the claim of our monarchs to the crown of that kingdom; or of the aſſiſtances given to the French kings, in oppoſition to that claim by the Scots.

Another was able to bring into popularity puzzles, conundrums, and quiet head games or contests of memory and quick-wittedness.

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