Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding Centuries, Volume 4T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1796 - Anecdotes |
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... himself " either hated or beloved , and with no vice in his " heart , he had every poffible defect in his head . " One of the firft fumptuary laws in France was made in his reign : it forbad both to ecclefiaftics and to foldiers the ...
... himself " either hated or beloved , and with no vice in his " heart , he had every poffible defect in his head . " One of the firft fumptuary laws in France was made in his reign : it forbad both to ecclefiaftics and to foldiers the ...
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... himself alone , his friends and companions having Aled , furrendered himself to Edward , without know- ing that he had the honour of being made a prifoner * In those days , indeed , the tenant of the land was but too often he that could ...
... himself alone , his friends and companions having Aled , furrendered himself to Edward , without know- ing that he had the honour of being made a prifoner * In those days , indeed , the tenant of the land was but too often he that could ...
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... himself , who came to vifit him in his confinement , and who asked him how he fupported it . " I accommodate my- " felf to it very well , my Lord , " replied Duguesch- lin ; " I prefer honour to every thing , and " nothing has ever been ...
... himself , who came to vifit him in his confinement , and who asked him how he fupported it . " I accommodate my- " felf to it very well , my Lord , " replied Duguesch- lin ; " I prefer honour to every thing , and " nothing has ever been ...
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... himself , who came to vifit him in his confinement , and who afked him how he supported it . " I accommodate my- " felf to it very well , my Lord , " replied Duguesch- lin ; " I prefer honour to every thing , and " nothing has ever been ...
... himself , who came to vifit him in his confinement , and who afked him how he supported it . " I accommodate my- " felf to it very well , my Lord , " replied Duguesch- lin ; " I prefer honour to every thing , and " nothing has ever been ...
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... himself surrounded with persons . who were about to kill him , he fell upon his attendants and flew many of them . After this he remained conftantly deranged in his mind . There feems no occafion to call in the aid of a miracle to ...
... himself surrounded with persons . who were about to kill him , he fell upon his attendants and flew many of them . After this he remained conftantly deranged in his mind . There feems no occafion to call in the aid of a miracle to ...
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