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Antoinette unless she bribed him with sugar - plums , and on one occasion he flatly refused to leave his fishing - rod at the call of Louis XVI . himself , till coaxed to do so by the promise of the good - natured monarch's watch ...
Antoinette unless she bribed him with sugar - plums , and on one occasion he flatly refused to leave his fishing - rod at the call of Louis XVI . himself , till coaxed to do so by the promise of the good - natured monarch's watch ...
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... he felt an irresistible impulse to follow , and , if possible , to find some excuse for speaking to her . At all events , he resolved not to let that bright apparition vanish from his sight , leaving him in utter darkness .
... he felt an irresistible impulse to follow , and , if possible , to find some excuse for speaking to her . At all events , he resolved not to let that bright apparition vanish from his sight , leaving him in utter darkness .
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He had fully intended , however , to take leave of her before his departure , and had even resolved to tell her the ... when at the moment of leaving her , he had said , as he kissed her hand , " My own ! soon to be mine for ever !
He had fully intended , however , to take leave of her before his departure , and had even resolved to tell her the ... when at the moment of leaving her , he had said , as he kissed her hand , " My own ! soon to be mine for ever !
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Contents
CAVALIERE DE ROSSI ON THE HISTORY OF ST CALLISTUS | 1 |
MEMOIRS OF AN EMIGRE OFFICER | 13 |
LOOK UP AND SPEAK TO ME | 26 |
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