The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 4G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... QUEEN'S FOLLOWERS . If popular rumour may be credited , all the women of rank , in the duchy of Mecklenburg Strelitz , either hoped to accompany or follow the Queen of England into the land of promise , and , perhaps , in the goodness ...
... QUEEN'S FOLLOWERS . If popular rumour may be credited , all the women of rank , in the duchy of Mecklenburg Strelitz , either hoped to accompany or follow the Queen of England into the land of promise , and , perhaps , in the goodness ...
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... queen used to tell on this head a pleasant anecdote , which the king took great pleasure in repeat- ing . The Duke of Mecklenburg , father of the queen , being once in familiar conversation with the late Pope , he was asked by his ...
... queen used to tell on this head a pleasant anecdote , which the king took great pleasure in repeat- ing . The Duke of Mecklenburg , father of the queen , being once in familiar conversation with the late Pope , he was asked by his ...
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... Queen's Palace until ten o'clock . On being then led to the window of the queen's breakfast room , which looks into the grounds , the shutters were thrown back , and he beheld a magnificent temple and bridge , with an orchestra in front ...
... Queen's Palace until ten o'clock . On being then led to the window of the queen's breakfast room , which looks into the grounds , the shutters were thrown back , and he beheld a magnificent temple and bridge , with an orchestra in front ...
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