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... wife may differ little from the other ceremonial apparatus of royalty , but even a King's relations with his children must always give us some insight into his natural disposition . If no one is a hero to his own valet , few , if any ...
... wife may differ little from the other ceremonial apparatus of royalty , but even a King's relations with his children must always give us some insight into his natural disposition . If no one is a hero to his own valet , few , if any ...
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... wife when all England besides had apparently forsaken him . A sovereign who could enlist such sympathies on his side could not have been a bad man , or an entirely weak man . He was a kind but not infatuated father , and a faithful ...
... wife when all England besides had apparently forsaken him . A sovereign who could enlist such sympathies on his side could not have been a bad man , or an entirely weak man . He was a kind but not infatuated father , and a faithful ...
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... wife of an Emperor when she had scarcely passed her twelfth birthday , she naturally grew up in the ideas of the land of her husband , and in all the stiff restraints of an Imperial position . We know that the impression which she left ...
... wife of an Emperor when she had scarcely passed her twelfth birthday , she naturally grew up in the ideas of the land of her husband , and in all the stiff restraints of an Imperial position . We know that the impression which she left ...
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... wife's misconduct in abetting the rebellions of his sons . But one great feature in his habits was his restlessness . He was scarcely ever still . He took the most violent and prolonged exercise on horse- back , hunting or hawking ...
... wife's misconduct in abetting the rebellions of his sons . But one great feature in his habits was his restlessness . He was scarcely ever still . He took the most violent and prolonged exercise on horse- back , hunting or hawking ...
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... confess the guiltiness of his life ; and after receiving absolution , took back his wife , whom for a long time he had discarded , and 6 putting away all illicit intercourse , he remained constant to 80 ESTIMATES OF THE ENGLISH KINGS .
... confess the guiltiness of his life ; and after receiving absolution , took back his wife , whom for a long time he had discarded , and 6 putting away all illicit intercourse , he remained constant to 80 ESTIMATES OF THE ENGLISH KINGS .
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