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Page xvi
... master , entirely in the hands of the confessor and the prior . Keeping no record of the functions performed within the walls of the convent , it is possible that the lay letter - writers of Yuste might have passed over in silence even ...
... master , entirely in the hands of the confessor and the prior . Keeping no record of the functions performed within the walls of the convent , it is possible that the lay letter - writers of Yuste might have passed over in silence even ...
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... master of works . The prior and the confessor , he says , are spoken of in such terms in the memoir , that it is very unlikely that either of them was the author of it ; to which I may add that , in the case of the confessor , this ...
... master of works . The prior and the confessor , he says , are spoken of in such terms in the memoir , that it is very unlikely that either of them was the author of it ; to which I may add that , in the case of the confessor , this ...
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... master , and compelled him to seek the milder cli- mate of Spain ; and he expatiated on the good fortune of the Netherlands in being thus called upon to transfer their allegiance to a prince in all respects so admirable as the heir ...
... master , and compelled him to seek the milder cli- mate of Spain ; and he expatiated on the good fortune of the Netherlands in being thus called upon to transfer their allegiance to a prince in all respects so admirable as the heir ...
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... master's health , and whether he was getting grey . On learning that a few white hairs were already visible on the head of Henry the Second , he said that he well remembered the time when he had first observed upon his own those ...
... master's health , and whether he was getting grey . On learning that a few white hairs were already visible on the head of Henry the Second , he said that he well remembered the time when he had first observed upon his own those ...
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... master , Francis I. , after Charles V. had been permitted to pass through France on his way to Ghent . But what , ' said Francis , if I allow him to return as securely as he came ? ' ' Nay , ' said Brusquet , if he ventures himself ...
... master , Francis I. , after Charles V. had been permitted to pass through France on his way to Ghent . But what , ' said Francis , if I allow him to return as securely as he came ? ' ' Nay , ' said Brusquet , if he ventures himself ...
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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...