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... least your re- pose . But , if notwithstanding this claim , they proceed in the trial , as it would be contrary to reason and justice , they would be exposed to the ridicule and execration of mankind . " " Dec. 12th . Yesterday Louis ...
... least your re- pose . But , if notwithstanding this claim , they proceed in the trial , as it would be contrary to reason and justice , they would be exposed to the ridicule and execration of mankind . " " Dec. 12th . Yesterday Louis ...
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... least , during his whole life , he will recollect , that within these sad walls , his captive father left him the last and most unequivocal marks of his tenderness , in presence of the most re spectable man and the most sincere of ...
... least , during his whole life , he will recollect , that within these sad walls , his captive father left him the last and most unequivocal marks of his tenderness , in presence of the most re spectable man and the most sincere of ...
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... least she thought them such , of future hopes . The second letter , written by Madame Elizabeth , is less replete with complaints , and more filled with consolations . That of young Madame expresses a sweet and tender filial piety . A ...
... least she thought them such , of future hopes . The second letter , written by Madame Elizabeth , is less replete with complaints , and more filled with consolations . That of young Madame expresses a sweet and tender filial piety . A ...
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... least , obscured this flattering prospect . It is enough now to aspire at lib- erty . It is I presume a sufficient blessing to induce you to surmount the reluctance , which you shew to accept the services of your faithful subjects . If ...
... least , obscured this flattering prospect . It is enough now to aspire at lib- erty . It is I presume a sufficient blessing to induce you to surmount the reluctance , which you shew to accept the services of your faithful subjects . If ...
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... least , answered Clery , I thought you might recollect that he is still a man . It was at that moment , that the king gave him the three sided seal similar to that intrusted to me . He also gave him his marriage ring , which he desired ...
... least , answered Clery , I thought you might recollect that he is still a man . It was at that moment , that the king gave him the three sided seal similar to that intrusted to me . He also gave him his marriage ring , which he desired ...
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Page 1 - Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow; A blow, which, while it executes, alarms; And startles thousands with a single fall.
Page 121 - He deprecates those murmurs of surprise or displeasure, which his discourse evidently called forth more than once, 4 though not so much on his own account as on that of the dikasts, who will be benefited by hearing him, and who will hurt themselves and their city much more than him, if they should now pronounce condemnation.
Page 137 - Unanimously conspiring against me, they daily invent some new humiliation, which adds to the horror of my destiny ; they distil, drop by drop on my wounded heart, the poison of adversity, numbering my sighs with delight, and before they quaff my blood, they quench their thirst • with my tears.