The History of France from the Foundation of the Monarchy to the Death of Louis XVI: Interspersed with Entertaining Anecdotes and Biographies of Eminent Menthe author, 1829 - 291 sider |
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The History of France: From the Foundation of the Monarchy to the Death of ... William Grimshaw Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1850 |
The History of France From the Foundation of the Monarchy to the Death of ... William Grimshaw Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2018 |
The History of France from the Foundation of the Monarchy to the Death of ... William Grimshaw Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2018 |
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Side iv - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the...
Side 110 - Edward : was there no resistance, no commotion among the people ? — Not in the least, my lord ; the people would all have perished rather than have delivered the least of these to your majesty. They are self-delivered, self-devoted, and come to offer up their inestimable heads as an ample equivalent for the ransom of thousands.
Side 59 - A young girl richly dressed, with a child in her arms, was set upon an ass superbly caparisoned. The ass was led to the altar in solemn procession. High mass was said with great pomp. The ass was taught to kneel at proper places ; a hymn no less childish than impious was sung in his praise : and when the ceremony was ended the priest, instead of the usual words with which he dismissed the people, brayed three times like an ass ; and the people, instead of the usual response, We bless the Lord, brayed...
Side 138 - It is pretended that Joan, immediately on her admission, knew the king, though she had never seen his face before, and though he purposely kept himself in the crowd of courtiers, and had laid aside every thing in his dress and apparel which might distinguish him : that she offered him, in the name of the supreme Creator, to raise the siege of Orleans, and conduct him to Rheims...
Side 163 - Turkish armies, led by a gallant and victorious monarch, are now assembling. They are ready to pour in upon Germany with a violence unknown in former ages. New conjunctures call for new expedients.
Side 171 - Francis died at Rambouillet, on the last day of March, in the fifty-third year of his age, and the thirty-third of his reign. During twenty-eight years of that time, an avowed rivalship subsisted between him and the emperor, which involved not only their own dominions, but the greater part of Europe in wars, which were...
Side 289 - I am glad of the opportunity of addressing you these words, which, when read with your usual warmth, will afford to a heart like yours some consolation.
Side 58 - Redeem then your souls from destruction while you have the means in your power ; offer presents and tithes to churchmen ; come more frequently to church; humbly implore the patronage of the saints ; for, if you observe these things, you may come with security in the day of retribution to the tribunal of the eternal judge, and say, ' Give to us, O Lord, for we have given unto thee.
Side 110 - Mauny flew to receive her majesty, and briefly informed her of the particulars respecting the six victims. As soon as she had been welcomed by Edward and his court, she desired a private audience. — "My Lord...
Side 59 - ... given by the ladies of the court. From the lips of the ladies the gentle page learned both his catechism and the art of love, and as the religion of the day was full of symbols, and addressed to the senses, so the other feature of his devotion was not to be nourished by abstract contemplation alone.