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Page 3
Shortly after Christmas , A . D . 1378 , he spoiled the town of Estaples , the same
daie the fair was kept there , ” and in the next spring , as Admiral of England ,
conveyed the Duke of Britany to a haven near St . Maloes , and repelled , with the
...
Shortly after Christmas , A . D . 1378 , he spoiled the town of Estaples , the same
daie the fair was kept there , ” and in the next spring , as Admiral of England ,
conveyed the Duke of Britany to a haven near St . Maloes , and repelled , with the
...
Page 5
He was very melancholy and said to Sir Thomas Trivet and others who had come
to meet him ; • By my faith , gentlemen , we have this time made a most shameful
expedition : never was so pitiful or wretched a one made from England .
He was very melancholy and said to Sir Thomas Trivet and others who had come
to meet him ; • By my faith , gentlemen , we have this time made a most shameful
expedition : never was so pitiful or wretched a one made from England .
Page 13
When the great republican general was appointed to the command of what was
termed the Army of the Ocean , destined , it was supposed , for the invasion of
England , Grouchy in consequence received the appointment of one of its ...
When the great republican general was appointed to the command of what was
termed the Army of the Ocean , destined , it was supposed , for the invasion of
England , Grouchy in consequence received the appointment of one of its ...
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So matters rested , and weeks flew on in this way , when at length Mr . Laurier
thought it time to return to England , and was quite astonished at the reluctance
Edmund expressed , when the subject was mentioned . Strange suspicions
began ...
So matters rested , and weeks flew on in this way , when at length Mr . Laurier
thought it time to return to England , and was quite astonished at the reluctance
Edmund expressed , when the subject was mentioned . Strange suspicions
began ...
Page 47
In his vexation he would scarcely speak to Edmund , whom he insisted should
accompany him at once to Dublin , showing him a letter he had received that day
from England , with very alarming accounts of his mother ' s health . Edmund took
...
In his vexation he would scarcely speak to Edmund , whom he insisted should
accompany him at once to Dublin , showing him a letter he had received that day
from England , with very alarming accounts of his mother ' s health . Edmund took
...
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| Title | The Patrician, Volume 4 |
| Editors | John Burke, Bernard Burke |
| Publisher | E. Churton, 1847 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 27 May 2005 |
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