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Poland: Her Glory, Her Sufferings, Her Overthrow [Lectures. Transl. ] Kalixt Wolski No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 1 - But woe awaits a country when she sees the tears of bearded men.
Page 231 - dearly prized in many a chamber of affliction. Admirably arranged."—Hand and Heart. " Quality of the best. A real comfort in chambers of weariness and pain."—Christian World. "Will bring comfort and solace to the afflicted and distressed."—Court Journal. "In large type, especially suitable for the suffering or for the sickroom.
Page 119 - be false, it will disappear on account of its very falsity, and we shall hear no more of it; but if it be true, it will endure from generation to generation.