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Page 23
... sense , all these titles look very much like mere burlesque . They stand essentially on the same footing with the still more sonorous and magnificent appella- tions of Cousin to the Sun and Moon , — Grandson to the Great Bear , Lord of ...
... sense , all these titles look very much like mere burlesque . They stand essentially on the same footing with the still more sonorous and magnificent appella- tions of Cousin to the Sun and Moon , — Grandson to the Great Bear , Lord of ...
Page 35
... senses , and afterwards by slow degrees his health and memory . His friend Mossdorf , knowing his relations with the Crown Prince , wrote immediately on their arrival , to the Danish Minister at Rome , Baron Bloustedt , who in turn ...
... senses , and afterwards by slow degrees his health and memory . His friend Mossdorf , knowing his relations with the Crown Prince , wrote immediately on their arrival , to the Danish Minister at Rome , Baron Bloustedt , who in turn ...
Page 93
... sense of the brief , but significant maxim of Holy Writ : ' put not your trust in Princes . ' Not finding occupation to his mind , at London , and having now abandoned the hope of returning to Denmark , Harro embarked again , in the ...
... sense of the brief , but significant maxim of Holy Writ : ' put not your trust in Princes . ' Not finding occupation to his mind , at London , and having now abandoned the hope of returning to Denmark , Harro embarked again , in the ...
Page 95
... sense and taste of the public . This anecdote has been wrought up by a French writer into a little comedy ; and , in order to give it the additional interest of a seasoning of gallantry , the painter's wife is represented as a second Pe ...
... sense and taste of the public . This anecdote has been wrought up by a French writer into a little comedy ; and , in order to give it the additional interest of a seasoning of gallantry , the painter's wife is represented as a second Pe ...
Page 125
... sense and discretion . This defect in his understanding had been observed by those who were ac- quainted with him , before he had betrayed its existence to the public by the incredible follies that marked the close of his reign ...
... sense and discretion . This defect in his understanding had been observed by those who were ac- quainted with him , before he had betrayed its existence to the public by the incredible follies that marked the close of his reign ...
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