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... looked at my grandfather , dressed in a shooting costume , leaning on his gun and stroking his dog - per- haps the only friend he had . I looked at my father , his hat in his hand , and clad in the.
... looked at my grandfather , dressed in a shooting costume , leaning on his gun and stroking his dog - per- haps the only friend he had . I looked at my father , his hat in his hand , and clad in the.
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... looked through one of the apertures , and what I saw made my hair stand on end . Marguerite , my beloved Marguerite , was stretched on the leathern bed used for the infliction of torture ; her cruel father , looking more like a tiger ...
... looked through one of the apertures , and what I saw made my hair stand on end . Marguerite , my beloved Marguerite , was stretched on the leathern bed used for the infliction of torture ; her cruel father , looking more like a tiger ...
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... looked at my ancestor , and said : ' Sir , will you be good enough to show me the position I am to take ? ' Sanson de Longval , impressed by her look , had but just the strength to answer that she had only to put her head on the block ...
... looked at my ancestor , and said : ' Sir , will you be good enough to show me the position I am to take ? ' Sanson de Longval , impressed by her look , had but just the strength to answer that she had only to put her head on the block ...
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... he cannot doubt but that the magistrate is engrossed by it ; but the secretary , who had returned with an officer , roughly pulled him back . ⚫ M. de la Reynie looked up and appeared disagree- PAMPHLETS UNDER LOUIS XIV . 43.
... he cannot doubt but that the magistrate is engrossed by it ; but the secretary , who had returned with an officer , roughly pulled him back . ⚫ M. de la Reynie looked up and appeared disagree- PAMPHLETS UNDER LOUIS XIV . 43.
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Clément Henri Sanson. ⚫ M. de la Reynie looked up and appeared disagree- ably surprised by the presence of the artisan . ' Write down your name , ' said he in a harsh voice ; ' your affair shall be seen to . ' Profound astonishment ...
Clément Henri Sanson. ⚫ M. de la Reynie looked up and appeared disagree- ably surprised by the presence of the artisan . ' Write down your name , ' said he in a harsh voice ; ' your affair shall be seen to . ' Profound astonishment ...
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