Humbert I
Umberto I, 1844–1900, king of Italy 1878–1900.
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When romancing the dewy Briony, the cosmopolitan New Yorker Andrew sounds like the creepy European Humbert Humbert.
He catches a butterfly and has a brief, irrelevant exchange with Humbert.
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Then Humbert the Bishop rose up and held out both his hands as to one whom he would greet, and spoke softly.
Wulfric the Weapon Thane | Charles W. Whistler
Now, as between the two, Black Humbert furnished evil and strength, but it was the pallid clerk who furnished the cunning.
Long Live the King | Mary Roberts RinehartGeneral Humbert prolonged Debeney's still attacking line and took Montdidier, and a number of villages.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousMrs. Chadwick was from that moment known as the Madame Humbert of America.
Remarkable Rogues | Charles KingstonThey married and intermarried amongst themselves, while Mr Humbert's servants were a mixed class.
The Shellback's Progress | Walter Runciman
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