In its best years it was reputedly the greatest publishing business in the world, with filials in numerous European cities.

Between 1873 and 1915 numerous pottery works operated from the Milton area, starting with William White's short-lived Tokomairiro Steam Pottery Works, reputedly the first industrial kilns in the Southern Hemisphere.

The final portion of the story takes place in a newly remodeled Japan, under the Era of Friend, who has instituted numerous bizarre changes, including the establishment of an Earth Defense Force, reputedly to protect Earth from an imminent alien invasion.

Founded by a Corsican who exploited his marketing knack to become, reputedly, the richest man in France, the company has experienced numerous changes in ownership and management over the years.

The characterization is epitomized by an observation made by President Ramón Barros Luco ( 1910 – 1915 ), reputedly made in reference to labor unrest: " There are only two kinds of problems: those that solve themselves and those that can't be solved.

Because Sergius III had reputedly ordered the murder of his two immediate predecessors, Leo V and Christopher and was the only pope to have allegedly fathered an illegitimate son who later became pope ( John XI ), his pontificate has been described as " dismal and disgraceful ".

The bridge, now pedestrianised, remains in place today, the only such fortified bridge in Britain and reputedly one of only three similar crossings in Europe.

Expecting then to be captured and ransomed, as was the custom, he removed his helmet, only to be killed by a blow from a rebel, reputedly a butcher named Fulke.

In February 1902, at a banquet at Marlborough House held by King Edward VII, Chamberlain and Cambon resumed their negotiations, with Eckardstein reputedly listening to their conversation and only successfully managing to comprehend the words " Morocco " and " Egypt ".

According to writer-comedian Bob Odenkirk, Candy was reputedly the " most-burned potential host " of SNL, in that he was asked to host many times, only to be told ' no thanks ' by the SNL staff at the last minute.

The grave was blown up during World War II ( reputedly, the local museum authorities only were able to save shreds of bone and cloth from the grave ) but has since then been restored.

Tamuramaro is reputedly buried at Shōgun-zuka, and his spirit is said to be guarding Kyoto still ; but even if part of that tale is only myth, the recorded final resting place of the old warrior was near the village of Kurusu ( Kurusu-mura 栗栖村 ) in Yamashiro's Uji district.

He was reputedly the only Finnish officer to have had a bounty.

The Boers reputedly suffered only 3 injuries without any fatalities, while the blood of 3, 000 slain Zulu turned the river red with blood, so that the conflict afterwards became known as the Battle of Blood River.

Laelianus represented a strong danger to Postumus because of the two legions he commanded ( Primigenia in Mainz and VIII Augusta in Strasbourg ); Despite this, his rebellion lasted only about two months before he was executed, reputedly by his own soldiers, or by Postumus ' troops after a siege of Laelianus ' capital.

He was the last peer to be hanged ( reputedly by a silken rope ) and is the only peer to have been hanged for murder.

Silbannacus had been known only from a single coin, an antoninianus reputedly found in Lorraine, which is now at the British Museum.

For Sackville-West, Sissinghurst and its garden rooms came to be a poignant and romantic substitute for Knole, reputedly the largest house in Britain, which as the only child of Lionel, the 3rd Lord Sackville she would have inherited had she been a male, but which had passed to her cousin as the male heir.

Bonnie Prince Charlie's flower ( Calystegia soldanella ), reputedly originating from French seeds dropped by Bonnie Prince Charlie is, in Scotland, found only on Vatersay and Eriskay.

Tiny Cara off Kintyre, which is owned by the MacDonalds of Largie, is reputedly the only island still in the possession of direct descendants of the Lords of the Isles.

This sense of the word reputedly comes from the name of Jean Martinet, Inspector General of the army of Louis XIV and thus would be etymologically only by accident related to the earlier sense.

Critics of the Handbook have argued that the level of detail within the guide effectively limited the ability of writers to innovate, a charge Gruenwald dismissed, reputedly stating that the information presented was only the most recent data and was subject to change.

He reputedly arrived with only $ 1. 25 left to his name to work as a lawyer.

He always carried a miniature ( but fully working ) silver revolver on a chain attached to his belt, and was reputedly the only MP to use the House of Commons snuff box.

They reputedly have long lifespans, and can only be killed through special methods.

Another resident was Peg Fyfe, a local witch, who reputedly skinned a young local resident alive in the 1660s and was later hanged for the crime, but swallowed a spoon to save herself only to be " finished off " by two passing knights.

The O ' Hara sawmill, built by the O ' Haras, is reputedly the only water-powered upright frame saw left in Ontario.

Ælfheah refused to allow a ransom to be paid for his freedom, and as a result was killed on 19 April 1012 at Greenwich ( then in Kent, now part of London ), reputedly on the site of St Alfege's Church.

It was reputedly built by a Mr Winter on land given by Generalisimo Franco.

Rainfall is generally plentiful, and Pohnpei reputedly is one of the wettest places on earth, with up to 330 inches ( 8. 4 m ) of rain per year.

It caused a great stir on its arrival in Florence, being reputedly the first living giraffe to be seen in Italy since antiquity.

On the strength of their work on The Frost Report and other programmes, Cleese and Chapman had been offered a show by the BBC, but Cleese was reluctant to do a two-man show for various reasons, among them Chapman's reputedly difficult personality.

The breach subsequently became wider, and the Emperor was about to be excommunicated when Adrian died at Anagni on 1 September 1159, reputedly choking on a fly in his wine, but probably of quinsy.

There are dedications to St. Ninian in East Donegal and Belfast ; and a spot formerly on the shore of Belfast Lough was traditionally known as St. Ninian's point, where the missionary reputedly landed after a voyage from Scotland.

The location of her birth remains uncertain, but reputedly she was born either in her parents ' Westminster home at Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens, or in a horse-drawn ambulance on the way to a hospital.

Asked for a summary of the Jewish religion in the most concise terms, Hillel replied ( reputedly while standing on one leg ): " That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow.

It has been suggested that the concept may be based on Hy Brasil, a mythical land that can reputedly be seen off the coast of Ireland for one day in every seven years, as well as other paradise islands like Avalon, Saint Brendan's Island etc.

She reputedly wrote on her suicide note, " Chairman!

Despite two previous marriages, Louis had no living sons, and sought to produce an heir ; but he died on 1 January 1515, less than three months after marrying Mary, reputedly worn out by his exertions in the bedchamber.

Louis died on 1 January 1515, less than three months after he married Mary, reputedly worn out by his exertions in the bedchamber.

George Thomas Clark played an important role as an engineer on the project, reputedly taking the management of two divisions of the route including bridges over the River Thames at Upper Basildon and Moulsford and of Paddington Station.

Saint Patrick was reputedly buried here in 461 on Cathedral Hill, within the grounds of Down Cathedral.

Having landed near present-day Panama City, Florida on May 30, 1539, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto reputedly traveled up to what is now Spartanburg, South Carolina and north to western North Carolina.

An extra floor was reputedly planned for most accommodation blocks, but due to regulations concerning safe building on marshland, this was removed from the final design.

It then leads out of the valley and up on the moors to Ponden Hall ( reputedly Thrushcross Grange in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights ) and Top Withens, a desolate ruin which was reputedly the setting for the farmstead Wuthering Heights.

Fighting spread as far as Pitreavie on the far side of Inverkeithing and was said to have been particularly bloody: reputedly the Pinkerton Burn ran red with blood for days and the heaps of the dead resembled stooks in a harvest field.

The officer on whom Chinstrap was based heard the programme and reputedly totally failed to connect the character with himself but commented: " Wonderful character.

Buildings of interest in the town include the Parish church of St Mary's the Virgin, the former Rose and Crown Inn in Northgate, the Old Town Hall off Southgate, Southgate Methodist Church, the reputedly haunted Fleece Inn at the top of Westgate, and Waxman ceramics on Elland Lane.