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... looked towards the fortress of Simancas , which rose on its round hill top out of the plain a few miles higher up the river , and ' Joan Gin . Sepulveda ; De Rebus gestis Caroli V. Lib . xxx . c . 25 . Opera , 4 tom . 4 ° Madriti 1780 ...
... looked towards the fortress of Simancas , which rose on its round hill top out of the plain a few miles higher up the river , and ' Joan Gin . Sepulveda ; De Rebus gestis Caroli V. Lib . xxx . c . 25 . Opera , 4 tom . 4 ° Madriti 1780 ...
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... looked fair and fat , and fed voraciously on the hams and other bucolic meats ' of Estremadura , a province still unrivalled in swine and savoury prepara- tions of pork . In this matter of eating , as in many other habits , the emperor ...
... looked fair and fat , and fed voraciously on the hams and other bucolic meats ' of Estremadura , a province still unrivalled in swine and savoury prepara- tions of pork . In this matter of eating , as in many other habits , the emperor ...
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... looked forward amongst the cabinets of the curious . But if he were willing on an occasion to make free with other men's book - shelves , he was also willing that other men should make free with the produce of his own brains . The ...
... looked forward amongst the cabinets of the curious . But if he were willing on an occasion to make free with other men's book - shelves , he was also willing that other men should make free with the produce of his own brains . The ...
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... looked for near the source ; that had he known of any evil in the company , he would never have joined , or would already have left it ; and that in respect of white hairs , though it was hard to expect that the children should be old ...
... looked for near the source ; that had he known of any evil in the company , he would never have joined , or would already have left it ; and that in respect of white hairs , though it was hard to expect that the children should be old ...
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... looked with suspicion even upon the great orthodox movement led by the soldier of Guipuzcoa . The infant company , although , or perhaps because , in favour at the Vatican , had gained no footing at the im- perial court ; and as its ...
... looked with suspicion even upon the great orthodox movement led by the soldier of Guipuzcoa . The infant company , although , or perhaps because , in favour at the Vatican , had gained no footing at the im- perial court ; and as its ...
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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 - ... 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...