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Page viii
... desire of the infanta Juana , daughter of the emperor and regent of Spain at the time of his death . As Angulo came to Yuste , on being elected prior , only in the summer of 1558 , his personal know- ledge of the emperor's sayings and ...
... desire of the infanta Juana , daughter of the emperor and regent of Spain at the time of his death . As Angulo came to Yuste , on being elected prior , only in the summer of 1558 , his personal know- ledge of the emperor's sayings and ...
Page xiv
... desire to commit his soul to the keeping of his Maker . There is not a word to justify the tale that he followed the procession in his shroud , or that he simulated death in his coffin , or that he was left be- shut up alone in the ...
... desire to commit his soul to the keeping of his Maker . There is not a word to justify the tale that he followed the procession in his shroud , or that he simulated death in his coffin , or that he was left be- shut up alone in the ...
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... desire , not of extending my dominions but , of the more effectually providing for the safety of Germany , and of my other kingdoms , and especially of the Belgian provinces , and in the hope of maintaining peace amongst christian ...
... desire , not of extending my dominions but , of the more effectually providing for the safety of Germany , and of my other kingdoms , and especially of the Belgian provinces , and in the hope of maintaining peace amongst christian ...
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... desire ; and I entreat those whom I may thus have wronged , both those who are present to - day and those who are absent , to grant me their forgiveness . ' Fatigued with standing and speaking , perhaps over- come by his emotions , the ...
... desire ; and I entreat those whom I may thus have wronged , both those who are present to - day and those who are absent , to grant me their forgiveness . ' Fatigued with standing and speaking , perhaps over- come by his emotions , the ...
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... desire for their welfare , to which any power she might possess would ever be directed.1 The eloquence and flattery of Jacques Maes were again put in motion . In his own diffuse style , and in the name of the states - general , he ...
... desire for their welfare , to which any power she might possess would ever be directed.1 The eloquence and flattery of Jacques Maes were again put in motion . In his own diffuse style , and in the name of the states - general , he ...
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Page xiv - ... laid in his coffin, with much solemnity. The service for the dead was chanted, and Charles joined in the prayers which were offered up for the rest of his soul, mingling his tears with those which his attendants shed, as if they had been celebrating a real funeral. The ceremony closed with sprinkling holy water on the coffin in the usual form, and, all the assistants retiring, the doors of the chapel were shut. Then Charles rose out of the coffin, and withdrew to his apartment, full of those...
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Page xiv - He himself followed in his shroud. He was laid in his coffin, with much solemnity. The service for the dead was chanted, and Charles joined in the prayers which were offered up for the...
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Page xiv - ... all the assistants retiring, the doors of the chapel were shut. Then Charles rose out of the coffin, and withdrew to his apartment, full of those awful sentiments which such a singular solemnity was calculated to inspire. But either the fatiguing length of the ceremony, or the impression which...
Page 48 - ... retreat. It was seated in a vale of no great extent, watered by a small brook, and surrounded by rising grounds, covered with lofty trees ; from the nature of...