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... poor old woman seldom rose . I placed on her lap the message from the Minister of Justice . She read it , and turning towards me her kindly eyes : ' Blessed be this day , my son ! ' she said . ' It frees you from the inheritance of your ...
... poor old woman seldom rose . I placed on her lap the message from the Minister of Justice . She read it , and turning towards me her kindly eyes : ' Blessed be this day , my son ! ' she said . ' It frees you from the inheritance of your ...
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... poor man who lived in a house called the Clos - Mauduit , situate outside the walls of the town of Dieppe , beyond the cemetery , on the road of Neufchastel . This man behaved to me as the good Samaritan ; he washed and dressed my ...
... poor man who lived in a house called the Clos - Mauduit , situate outside the walls of the town of Dieppe , beyond the cemetery , on the road of Neufchastel . This man behaved to me as the good Samaritan ; he washed and dressed my ...
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... poor girl's disgrace , I felt so much rage and hatred that I could have battled against twenty . As I came close to the house , I saw the shadow of a man gliding along the wall . The man took to flight when he saw me , but I was soon up ...
... poor girl's disgrace , I felt so much rage and hatred that I could have battled against twenty . As I came close to the house , I saw the shadow of a man gliding along the wall . The man took to flight when he saw me , but I was soon up ...
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... poor child's room . Thereupon I confess with great shame and contrition that I forgot all the good advice , counsels and lessons I had just given to my cousin . When I saw the girl whom I loved , she appeared to me so beautiful that my ...
... poor child's room . Thereupon I confess with great shame and contrition that I forgot all the good advice , counsels and lessons I had just given to my cousin . When I saw the girl whom I loved , she appeared to me so beautiful that my ...
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... poor girl's name , speaking of her in such terms as I dare not repeat , out of respect for her memory . Hearing which , I could not control my very irritable temper , and I re- torted so harshly to a man whose age and authority I was ...
... poor girl's name , speaking of her in such terms as I dare not repeat , out of respect for her memory . Hearing which , I could not control my very irritable temper , and I re- torted so harshly to a man whose age and authority I was ...
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Abbeville accomplices ALFRED CONCANEN ancestor Angélique answered appeared arrested asked assistants Barre became blood capital punishment Cartouche Cartouche's Charles Henri Sanson Charles Jean-Baptiste Sanson Charles Sanson Châtelet Chevalier cloth extra Coloured Conciergerie Count de Horn Count de Lally Court Créqy crime criminal lieutenant crowd Crown 8vo culprit Damiens death Duke Edition Engravings execution executioner executioner's father favour Favras Fcap folio France Gabriel Sanson gilt edges Gorsas grandfather guillotine half-morocco hand heard honour Hôtel-de-Ville Illustrations inflicted Jean Jeanne Jouanne justice King Lally Lally-Tollendal Lally's Larcher livres looked Louis Louis XIV Madame magistrate Marquis Marquis de Favras Marthe Dubut Master Mdme memoirs ment Motte murder numerous Paris Parliament Place de Grève Plates Portrait prince prisoner profession punishment Regent Reynie Royal Sanson de Longval scaffold sentence soldiers suffered sword taken tion Tiquet told took torture trial victim Vols wife wished words young
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