A Short History of France for Young People

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Jansen, McClurg, 1879 - 398 ページ
 

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41 ページ - Then did their loss his foemen know ; Their King, their Lords, their mightiest low, They melted from the field, as snow, When streams are swoln and south winds blow, Dissolves in silent dew.
285 ページ - If for my consolation Monseigneur would grant me, for the sake of God and the Most Blessed Trinity, that I could have news of my dear wife; were it only her name on a card, to show that she is alive! It were the greatest consolation I could receive; and I should forever bless the greatness of Monseigneur.
358 ページ - ... horse, which, when it fell down under the burden of what they had piled on it, was torn to pieces and eaten, while life was yet palpitating in its veins. These bands had chiefs selected from among themselves. But this species of union, though advantageous on the whole, led to particular evils. Those associated into such a fraternity, would communicate to none save those of their own party...
46 ページ - Long life and victory to Charles, the most pious Augustus, crowned by God the great and pacific emperor of the Romans!
326 ページ - August, 1769, height 4 feet, 10 inches, 10 lines, has finished his fourth course; of good constitution, excellent health, of submissive disposition, upright, grateful, and strictly regular in conduct ; has always been distinguished for application to the mathematics. He ii tolerably well acquainted with history and geography.
250 ページ - ... fifty-nine years. They were as follows : — " My dear child, you are going immediately to be the monarch of a great kingdom. What I recommend to you, above all, is, never to forget the obligations under which you rest to God. Bear in mind that to him you owe all that you are. " Try to preserve the peace with your neighbors. " I have loved war too much. Do not imitate me in that, any more than in my too great expenditures. "Take counsel in all things. Try hard to know what is the best course,...

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