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... told how long they expected he might live . On learning that his hour fast approached , he ordered the attendance of his confessor and his chaplains , and desired them to chant the seven penitential psalms . When they came to that in ...
... told how long they expected he might live . On learning that his hour fast approached , he ordered the attendance of his confessor and his chaplains , and desired them to chant the seven penitential psalms . When they came to that in ...
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... told , some advantage , probably by exacting a ransom . As they advanced , they were surprised and disappointed by finding the country in a state of desolation the most appalling ; villages de- serted , farms burnt and in ruins . Briers ...
... told , some advantage , probably by exacting a ransom . As they advanced , they were surprised and disappointed by finding the country in a state of desolation the most appalling ; villages de- serted , farms burnt and in ruins . Briers ...
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... told his royal master that both himself and the gentlemen who came with him were resolved to see dis- missed from his service Louvet and all those whom he had consented to discard from his counsel . This firmness prevailed , and they ...
... told his royal master that both himself and the gentlemen who came with him were resolved to see dis- missed from his service Louvet and all those whom he had consented to discard from his counsel . This firmness prevailed , and they ...
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... told , he exclaimed , ' Then am I a dead man ! ' He was not mistaken . By order of the Constable he was seized in his bed , and with nothing on but his shirt , placed on a horse and conducted to a fortress in the neighbourhood , where ...
... told , he exclaimed , ' Then am I a dead man ! ' He was not mistaken . By order of the Constable he was seized in his bed , and with nothing on but his shirt , placed on a horse and conducted to a fortress in the neighbourhood , where ...
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... told if this favour was granted ; but the drowning was speedily accomplished . Do not ask ' ( says the chronicler ) whether the King was very angry . ' But when told by those about him how evil had been the course of Giac's life , he ...
... told if this favour was granted ; but the drowning was speedily accomplished . Do not ask ' ( says the chronicler ) whether the King was very angry . ' But when told by those about him how evil had been the course of Giac's life , he ...
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