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... father , but his treaty proved abortive , in confequence of the jealoufy of the other agents of the prince . This defirable object , however , was at length effected ; for Mazarin who had fucceeded to Rich- lieu , found it neceffary to ...
... father , but his treaty proved abortive , in confequence of the jealoufy of the other agents of the prince . This defirable object , however , was at length effected ; for Mazarin who had fucceeded to Rich- lieu , found it neceffary to ...
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... father at that time lived , and where the Jefuits of that city had a college . The only diftinction paid to him above that of the fame clafs , was , that he fat in an arm chair . The facility with which he learned his task , and the ...
... father at that time lived , and where the Jefuits of that city had a college . The only diftinction paid to him above that of the fame clafs , was , that he fat in an arm chair . The facility with which he learned his task , and the ...
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... father's exprefs requeft , was married to Claire Clement de Maillé Breze , niece to the cardinal - minister , whom he fo much detefted . After this he performed prodigies of valour , at the fieges of Collioure , Perpignan and Salces ...
... father's exprefs requeft , was married to Claire Clement de Maillé Breze , niece to the cardinal - minister , whom he fo much detefted . After this he performed prodigies of valour , at the fieges of Collioure , Perpignan and Salces ...
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... father objected to fuch a dif- tant expedition , Prince Thomas of Savoy was fent thither in his place . He then offered of his own accord , to ferve under Gafton , Duke of Or- léans , in Flanders , and make head against the uke of ...
... father objected to fuch a dif- tant expedition , Prince Thomas of Savoy was fent thither in his place . He then offered of his own accord , to ferve under Gafton , Duke of Or- léans , in Flanders , and make head against the uke of ...
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... fon , repaired to th parliament fome time afterwards and when his mother , with tears i her eyes , had prefented a petition in avour of her husband , he looked round and faid , " Be a father to me History and Biography ? 17.
... fon , repaired to th parliament fome time afterwards and when his mother , with tears i her eyes , had prefented a petition in avour of her husband , he looked round and faid , " Be a father to me History and Biography ? 17.
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Page 218 - ... authority. Perhaps, gentlemen, he may know you better than I do. If he does, he has spoken to you as he ought ; he has been right in telling you, that if the reprobation of this writer is weak, it is because his genius could not make it stronger ; he has been right in telling you that his language has not been braided and festooned...
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Page 222 - ... death, and the supreme arbiter of both? Have you not marked, when he entered, how the stormy wave of the multitude retired at his approach ? Have you not marked how the human heart bowed to the supremacy of his power in the undissembled homage of deferential horror?
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