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  • It will readily be inferred that we allude to that extraordinary personage known as Lola Montez, _alias_ the Countess of

    The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Horace Wyndham

  • In Bavaria, the king who had wasted his time and money upon an Irish lady who posed as a Spanish dancer -- (she was called Lola Montez and lies buried in New York's Potter's Field) -- was driven away by the enraged students of the university.

    The Story of Mankind 1921

  • She uses the code name 'Lola Montez' (a dancer and actress born in Ireland who became famous as a Spanish dancer, courtesan and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria), and sometimes refers to Albright as 'Ceasar' (sic), 'J,' 'James,' 'Booty Man' (calling herself 'Lil Booty') and even in one letter writing, 'Happy Thanksgiving Sambo.'

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2009

  • "Lola Montez," declared the _Troy Budget_, "has done what Mrs. McMahon failed to accomplish -- she positively charmed the Buffaloes.

    The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Horace Wyndham

  • "Lola Montez," he declared, "owes less of her strange fascination and world-wide celebrity to her powers as an _artiste_ than to the extraordinary mind and brilliancy of intellect with which Heaven has thought fit to endow her.

    The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Horace Wyndham

  • Ronald Bergan in the Guardian: "[S] he mainly alternated between slinky femme fatales, such as Lola Montez in The Desert Hawk (1950), and gun-toting or sword-flashing gals in Buccaneer's Girl (1950).

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • Ms. Jaques said she designed the space last summer after dreaming up the character Lola, who's based loosely on Lola Montez, an entertainer and activist from the 1800s.

    The Hotel Where Every Night Is Ladies' Night 2011

  • A recent Dr. Sketchy's met in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, at the grave of Lola Montez, the courtesan of the wild west who inspired the song Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets.

    Andrea Chalupa: Molly Crabapple's DIY Empire: A How To 2010

  • The second book is An Invitation to Dance by Irish author Marion Urch, a novel about Lola Montez, who I have written about when I first started the blog.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2010

  • The second book is An Invitation to Dance by Irish author Marion Urch, a novel about Lola Montez, who I have written about when I first started the blog.

    March Madness: Giveaways of Invitation to Dance and The Creation of Eve Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2010

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