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... turning to his son , who stood uncovered by his side , addressed him to this effect . ' Were you put in possession of these provinces by my death , so fair a heritage might well give me a claim on your gratitude . But now that I give ...
... turning to his son , who stood uncovered by his side , addressed him to this effect . ' Were you put in possession of these provinces by my death , so fair a heritage might well give me a claim on your gratitude . But now that I give ...
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... turned a deaf ear , but she even refused to take any part in obtaining the supplies from the states - general , who had already displayed a disposition to economy extremely inconvenient to the paragon prince who now claimed their ...
... turned a deaf ear , but she even refused to take any part in obtaining the supplies from the states - general , who had already displayed a disposition to economy extremely inconvenient to the paragon prince who now claimed their ...
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... turned fifty and had begun SINCE to lose his teeth , he had ceased to eat in public , or at least performed that royal function in private as often as good policy permitted . ' On the fourth of No- vember he exhibited himself at table ...
... turned fifty and had begun SINCE to lose his teeth , he had ceased to eat in public , or at least performed that royal function in private as often as good policy permitted . ' On the fourth of No- vember he exhibited himself at table ...
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... turned his eye to the north , into the forest - mantled gorge , between the beetling rocks of the Puertonuevo ; ' Now , ' he said , looking back , as it were , through the gates of the world he was leaving , ' ' tis the last pass I ...
... turned his eye to the north , into the forest - mantled gorge , between the beetling rocks of the Puertonuevo ; ' Now , ' he said , looking back , as it were , through the gates of the world he was leaving , ' ' tis the last pass I ...
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... turned her thoughts to the natural refuge of a love - lorn damsel of thirty - six - the cloister ; and the falseness of Philip had filled her heart with bitterness towards Spain and her Spanish kindred , and with distrust of any ...
... turned her thoughts to the natural refuge of a love - lorn damsel of thirty - six - the cloister ; and the falseness of Philip had filled her heart with bitterness towards Spain and her Spanish kindred , and with distrust of any ...
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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...