The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 9G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Literature |
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... wife , but either kept concubines , like all the kings in Europe , and even in England till George III , or even formally married second wives , as did Philip and Alexander . These practices led to constant and bloody tragedies in the ...
... wife , but either kept concubines , like all the kings in Europe , and even in England till George III , or even formally married second wives , as did Philip and Alexander . These practices led to constant and bloody tragedies in the ...
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... wives were oriental princesses , and perhaps too little has been said by historians about the influence they must have had in recommending to him Persian officers and pages . The loyalty of these people , great aristocrats as they were ...
... wives were oriental princesses , and perhaps too little has been said by historians about the influence they must have had in recommending to him Persian officers and pages . The loyalty of these people , great aristocrats as they were ...
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... wife , that as well as her own hath fostered me and kept . And if ever it be God's will that I be king as ye say , ye shall desire of me what I may do , and I shall not fail you , God forbid I should fail you . Sir , said Sir IX . - 2 ...
... wife , that as well as her own hath fostered me and kept . And if ever it be God's will that I be king as ye say , ye shall desire of me what I may do , and I shall not fail you , God forbid I should fail you . Sir , said Sir IX . - 2 ...
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... wife in the priest's presence , schemes to bring this to pass , with the brothers Tonio and Gervase as witnesses . The priest , aided by his housekeeper , Perpetua , is lying in hiding for fear that this plan may be carried out . ] IN ...
... wife in the priest's presence , schemes to bring this to pass , with the brothers Tonio and Gervase as witnesses . The priest , aided by his housekeeper , Perpetua , is lying in hiding for fear that this plan may be carried out . ] IN ...
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... wife . " Before , however , Lucia's lips could form the reply , Don Abbondio dropped the receipt , seized the lamp with his left hand , and raised it in the air , caught hold of the cloth with his right , and dragged it furiously off ...
... wife . " Before , however , Lucia's lips could form the reply , Don Abbondio dropped the receipt , seized the lamp with his left hand , and raised it in the air , caught hold of the cloth with his right , and dragged it furiously off ...
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