Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Unknown
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LEE and PERKINS, discoverers of Worcestershire sauce and royal
saucerers to the king. LEHAR, Frank, the man who assisted the Merry Widow to make her debut. Also was the press agent for Mr. Maxim, of Paris. Ambition: To find another widow. LEONORE, became famous because she had a lover who left her with a good song. LEOPOLD, King, of the Congo and Belgium. Has not been dead long enough for historians to make him famous. Ambition: Song, women, and wine. Recreation: Wine, women, and song. Address: Several in Brussels. Epitaph: Quantum Mutatus Ab Illo. LIBERTY, a huge lady who guards New York harbor, and welcomes Italy and Poland to the United States. LIMBURGER, of Germany. Manufacturer of a self-advertising cheese. LIPTON, Sir Thomas, a knighted Irishman who advertised tea with Shamrocks, and one of the men of his race who did not enter politics or the police force. Ambition: That cup. LISZT, Frank, a piano player who wore long hair, wrote music, and played the piano. LLOYD, the man who will insure anything except the prospects |
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