Table-talk; Or, Selections from the Ana: Containing Extracts from the Different Collections of Ana, French, English, Italian, and German. With Bibliographical Notices |
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... immediately arrested , tried , and condemned to be hanged . When he saw that death was inevitable , he thus addressed his judges . " It is true that it was I that murdered the sergeant ; but I am unjustly condemned , and all those who ...
... immediately arrested , tried , and condemned to be hanged . When he saw that death was inevitable , he thus addressed his judges . " It is true that it was I that murdered the sergeant ; but I am unjustly condemned , and all those who ...
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... immediately instituted a search within the garden of the curé , and everything was found to be as he had described . XV . THE RETORT COURTEOUS . M. le Comte de was , like many others who take the name of Count , without the property ...
... immediately instituted a search within the garden of the curé , and everything was found to be as he had described . XV . THE RETORT COURTEOUS . M. le Comte de was , like many others who take the name of Count , without the property ...
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... immediately went home to prepare his wife for the interview , and warned her to speak as loud as possible , as the Queen would be unable otherwise to understand her . He brought her to the Louvre in the evening , and the Queen im ...
... immediately went home to prepare his wife for the interview , and warned her to speak as loud as possible , as the Queen would be unable otherwise to understand her . He brought her to the Louvre in the evening , and the Queen im ...
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... immediately began leaping five or six times . The Cardinal , who was as accom- plished a courtier as himself , perfectly understood his meaning , and afterwards distinguished him more than ever by his favour . XXVI . CARDINAL RICHELIEU ...
... immediately began leaping five or six times . The Cardinal , who was as accom- plished a courtier as himself , perfectly understood his meaning , and afterwards distinguished him more than ever by his favour . XXVI . CARDINAL RICHELIEU ...
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... immediately ran to the shop of the ma- ker , who informed him that he had just used the last sheet of the manuscript . XXXVI . FORTUNATE IMPOSSIBILITY . An Italian , who was very poor , and very much addicted to play , used to ...
... immediately ran to the shop of the ma- ker , who informed him that he had just used the last sheet of the manuscript . XXXVI . FORTUNATE IMPOSSIBILITY . An Italian , who was very poor , and very much addicted to play , used to ...
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