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... night of the 3rd or 4th of February , 1731. It occupied the site of the present church of Caudenberg , and of the Place - royale . Th . Juste : LAbdication de Charles Quint . 8vo . Liege : 1851 ; an agreeable work , reprinted in a ...
... night of the 3rd or 4th of February , 1731. It occupied the site of the present church of Caudenberg , and of the Place - royale . Th . Juste : LAbdication de Charles Quint . 8vo . Liege : 1851 ; an agreeable work , reprinted in a ...
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... night long . " To the firm hand of this Amazon - sister the emperor very wisely committed the government of the turbulent Low Countries . For twenty - four stormy years she adminis- tered it with much vigour and tolerable success ; now ...
... night long . " To the firm hand of this Amazon - sister the emperor very wisely committed the government of the turbulent Low Countries . For twenty - four stormy years she adminis- tered it with much vigour and tolerable success ; now ...
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... night and a day . The weather continuing un- favourable , on the twenty - second the emperor ordered the admiral to steer for the isle of Wight , but fair breeze springing up as they came in sight of that island , the fleet once more ...
... night and a day . The weather continuing un- favourable , on the twenty - second the emperor ordered the admiral to steer for the isle of Wight , but fair breeze springing up as they came in sight of that island , the fleet once more ...
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... night of the fourth at Laredo . The presence of the stout old soldier was much wanted . Half of the emperor's people were ill ; Monsieur de La Chaulx and Monsieur d'Aubremont had tertian and quartan fevers ; seven or eight of the meaner ...
... night of the fourth at Laredo . The presence of the stout old soldier was much wanted . Half of the emperor's people were ill ; Monsieur de La Chaulx and Monsieur d'Aubremont had tertian and quartan fevers ; seven or eight of the meaner ...
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... nights were already becoming chilly . He asked also for the dimensions of the apart- ments prepared at Valladolid for the queens , that he might send forward fitting tapestry for their decoration ; and he begged that the measurements ...
... nights were already becoming chilly . He asked also for the dimensions of the apart- ments prepared at Valladolid for the queens , that he might send forward fitting tapestry for their decoration ; and he begged that the measurements ...
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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...