The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 3G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Literature |
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Page 75
... appearance , menaced with death , endeavoring to defy death . It has re- solved " that Necker carries with him the regrets of the nation . " It has sent solemn deputation over to the château , with entreaty to have these troops ...
... appearance , menaced with death , endeavoring to defy death . It has re- solved " that Necker carries with him the regrets of the nation . " It has sent solemn deputation over to the château , with entreaty to have these troops ...
Page 86
... appeared first , leading her Son by the hand ; then Madame Royale and Madame Elizabeth : they all flung them- selves into the arms of the King . Silence reigned for some minutes ; interrupted only by sobs . The Queen made a move- ment ...
... appeared first , leading her Son by the hand ; then Madame Royale and Madame Elizabeth : they all flung them- selves into the arms of the King . Silence reigned for some minutes ; interrupted only by sobs . The Queen made a move- ment ...
Page 88
... appearing before God that I tell you so . I pardon my enemies ; I desire that France " A General on horseback , Santerre or another , prances out , with uplifted hand : " Tam- bours ! " The drums drown the voice . " Executioners , do ...
... appearing before God that I tell you so . I pardon my enemies ; I desire that France " A General on horseback , Santerre or another , prances out , with uplifted hand : " Tam- bours ! " The drums drown the voice . " Executioners , do ...
Page 96
... appeared , however : Churches , though proved false ( as you had imagined ) , were still true ( as you were to imagine ) here was an Artist who could burn you up an old Church , root and branch ; and then as the Alchymists professed to ...
... appeared , however : Churches , though proved false ( as you had imagined ) , were still true ( as you were to imagine ) here was an Artist who could burn you up an old Church , root and branch ; and then as the Alchymists professed to ...
Page 103
... appeared under every disadvantage : uninstructed , poor , born only to hard manual toil ; and writing , when it came to that , in a rustic special dialect , known only to a small province of the country he lived in .. Had he written ...
... appeared under every disadvantage : uninstructed , poor , born only to hard manual toil ; and writing , when it came to that , in a rustic special dialect , known only to a small province of the country he lived in .. Had he written ...
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