The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic, and Lady's Magazine and Museum: A Family Journal of the Belles Lettres, Music, Fine Arts, Drama, Fashion, Etc, Volume 18Dobbs & Company, 1841 - English literature |
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... prince into his power , and M. de Calaincourt was charged with the orders for his arrest . Unhappily , this event was accomplished , and the young duke conveyed to the fortress of Vincennes . It was at this stage of the affair that ...
... prince into his power , and M. de Calaincourt was charged with the orders for his arrest . Unhappily , this event was accomplished , and the young duke conveyed to the fortress of Vincennes . It was at this stage of the affair that ...
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... prince Camille Borghese . The exquisite beauty of this lady is well known : nothing could be seen or imagined that approached nearer to perfection than she did in face and in form . At this present day the most fashionable ' presse ...
... prince Camille Borghese . The exquisite beauty of this lady is well known : nothing could be seen or imagined that approached nearer to perfection than she did in face and in form . At this present day the most fashionable ' presse ...
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... prince of the Asturias , but without deigning to consult her father . When this scheme became known to Lucien he got into a furious passion : " No , " wrote he to the emperor , " no , I will never consent to sacrifice my children to ...
... prince of the Asturias , but without deigning to consult her father . When this scheme became known to Lucien he got into a furious passion : " No , " wrote he to the emperor , " no , I will never consent to sacrifice my children to ...
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... prince , without making a single observation , quietly returned to his chair in the window , and , in a few moments , his whole attention seemed absorbed by something that was passing in the park . Surprised at a care- lessness so ...
... prince , without making a single observation , quietly returned to his chair in the window , and , in a few moments , his whole attention seemed absorbed by something that was passing in the park . Surprised at a care- lessness so ...
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... prince that decided the divorce between Napoleon and the empress . We have already said that the step had been suggested to him long before but it was this lamentable event which finally decided him . One of Napoleon's first remarks ...
... prince that decided the divorce between Napoleon and the empress . We have already said that the step had been suggested to him long before but it was this lamentable event which finally decided him . One of Napoleon's first remarks ...
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