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... wife of Frederick , was a woman of extraordinary parts and firmness , a devoted Protestant , and superior in genius and generosity of character to all the other children of James ; but she was affected by an insatiable ambition , which ...
... wife of Frederick , was a woman of extraordinary parts and firmness , a devoted Protestant , and superior in genius and generosity of character to all the other children of James ; but she was affected by an insatiable ambition , which ...
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... wife and neighbours , I told them that the affair appeared to me to be concluded , and that we should meet no more in this world . My wife reproached me in a flood of tears , crying , Can you prevail on yourself to leave me to perish ...
... wife and neighbours , I told them that the affair appeared to me to be concluded , and that we should meet no more in this world . My wife reproached me in a flood of tears , crying , Can you prevail on yourself to leave me to perish ...
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... wife and maid - servant entered the room , and persuaded me to remove immediately , alleging that we should meet with no quarter if the enemy found us in an apartment filled with arms . We ran down into the courtyard of the house , and ...
... wife and maid - servant entered the room , and persuaded me to remove immediately , alleging that we should meet with no quarter if the enemy found us in an apartment filled with arms . We ran down into the courtyard of the house , and ...
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... wife and servant to that degree that they both continued motionless . The barbarian turned round to my wife , aimed a blow at her , but it glanced fortunately on her gown , which happened to be lined with furs , and wounded her not ...
... wife and servant to that degree that they both continued motionless . The barbarian turned round to my wife , aimed a blow at her , but it glanced fortunately on her gown , which happened to be lined with furs , and wounded her not ...
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... wife took nothing with her but my robe ; my maid seized a neighbour's infant child by the hand , whom we found crying at his father's door , and led him away . We found it impossible to pass through the gates of the town , which were ...
... wife took nothing with her but my robe ; my maid seized a neighbour's infant child by the hand , whom we found crying at his father's door , and led him away . We found it impossible to pass through the gates of the town , which were ...
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