The Cornhill MagazineWilliam Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1904 |
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... Marie Antoinette was guilty , that she cajoled the Cardinal , and robbed him of the diamonds , fateful as the jewels of Eriphyle . That theory is annihilated by M. Funck - Brentano . But the story is so strangely complicated ; the ...
... Marie Antoinette was guilty , that she cajoled the Cardinal , and robbed him of the diamonds , fateful as the jewels of Eriphyle . That theory is annihilated by M. Funck - Brentano . But the story is so strangely complicated ; the ...
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... Marie Antoinette on her entry into France , and had been ambassador at the Court of Maria Theresa , the Empress . A sports- man who once fired off 1,300 cartridges in a day ( can this be true ! ) , a splendid festive churchman , who ...
... Marie Antoinette on her entry into France , and had been ambassador at the Court of Maria Theresa , the Empress . A sports- man who once fired off 1,300 cartridges in a day ( can this be true ! ) , a splendid festive churchman , who ...
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... Marie Antoinette desired her assist- ance . ' You are only asked to give , some evening , a note and a rose , to a great lord , in an alley of the gardens of Versailles . My husband will bring you thither to - morrow evening . ' Jeanne ...
... Marie Antoinette desired her assist- ance . ' You are only asked to give , some evening , a note and a rose , to a great lord , in an alley of the gardens of Versailles . My husband will bring you thither to - morrow evening . ' Jeanne ...
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... Marie Antoinette . We naturally ask ourselves , was Rohan in love with the daughter of the Valois ? Does his passion account for his blindness ? Most authors have believed what Jeanne later proclaimed , that she was the Cardinal's ...
... Marie Antoinette . We naturally ask ourselves , was Rohan in love with the daughter of the Valois ? Does his passion account for his blindness ? Most authors have believed what Jeanne later proclaimed , that she was the Cardinal's ...
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... Marie Antoinette had again and again refused to purchase a bauble like a comforter ' made of precious stones , or to accept it from the King . We have more need of a ship of war , ' she said , and would not buy though the jeweller fell ...
... Marie Antoinette had again and again refused to purchase a bauble like a comforter ' made of precious stones , or to accept it from the King . We have more need of a ship of war , ' she said , and would not buy though the jeweller fell ...
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The Cornhill Magazine, Томи 9 – 10;Том 83;Том 1901 William Makepeace Thackeray Повний перегляд - 1901 |
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