 ... by the corpse ; and nothing more was wanted to seal its destruction. De Bourgueville, who went to the spot and exerted his eloquence to check this last act of violence, witnessed the opening of the coffin. It contained the bones of the king, wrapped...  Account of a Tour in Normandy - Page 199by Dawson Turner - 1820Full view - About this book
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...was not rilled by the corpse ; and nothing more was wanted to seal its destruction. De Bourgueville, who went to the spot and exerted his eloquence to...abbey, who kept them in his chamber, till the admiral deChatillon entered Caen at the head of his mercenaries, on which occasion the whole abbey was plundered,... | |
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...was not filled by the corpse ; and nothing more was wanted to seal its destruction. De Bourgueville, who went to the spot and exerted his eloquence to...contained the bones of the king, wrapped up in red taftety, and still in tolerable preservation ; but nothing else. He collected them with care, and consigned... | |
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...was not filled by the corpse ; and nothing more was wanted to seal its destruction. De Bourgueville, who went to the spot and exerted his eloquence to...contained the bones of the king, wrapped up in red taftety, and still in tolerable preservation ; but nothing else. He collected them with care, and consigned... | |
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...was not filled by the corpse ; and nothing more was wanted to seal its destruction. De Bourgueville, who went to the spot and exerted his eloquence to...contained the bones of the king, wrapped up in red taft'ety, and still in tolerable preservation ; but nothing else. He collected them with care, and... | |
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