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... lady Jane Grey ; who in relating some past scene says , " there also was present my grand - mother , Gertrude Küffer , at the age of eighty . " She died when he was in his eighteenth year , so that he could learn , as he stated , many ...
... lady Jane Grey ; who in relating some past scene says , " there also was present my grand - mother , Gertrude Küffer , at the age of eighty . " She died when he was in his eighteenth year , so that he could learn , as he stated , many ...
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... ladies sat to hear mass ; and the relics , and statues , and holy paintings have all disappeared , for Bâsle is eminently Protestant ; but the forty - six fountains , supplying ever - gushing streams of the most limpid water ...
... ladies sat to hear mass ; and the relics , and statues , and holy paintings have all disappeared , for Bâsle is eminently Protestant ; but the forty - six fountains , supplying ever - gushing streams of the most limpid water ...
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... ladies of Bâsle , which he thinks were rather obscured than heightened by their rich habili- ments , and profuse display of jewelry . Balls , it appears , were frequent , at which no plebeian could be present unless adorned in some ...
... ladies of Bâsle , which he thinks were rather obscured than heightened by their rich habili- ments , and profuse display of jewelry . Balls , it appears , were frequent , at which no plebeian could be present unless adorned in some ...
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... ladies passing in the streets might be hauled to the Hotel - de - ville , the obnoxious trains of illegal gowns ... lady given by Tillier . Gold bracelets ; a pearl chain necklace , composed of 880 large pearls ; a diamond collar ...
... ladies passing in the streets might be hauled to the Hotel - de - ville , the obnoxious trains of illegal gowns ... lady given by Tillier . Gold bracelets ; a pearl chain necklace , composed of 880 large pearls ; a diamond collar ...
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... ladies of the empress's suite ; and a strong detachment of four hundred chosen soldiers , armed at all points , led and closed this melancholy procession from Vienna into Switzerland . The emperor , at the period of Anne's demise , was ...
... ladies of the empress's suite ; and a strong detachment of four hundred chosen soldiers , armed at all points , led and closed this melancholy procession from Vienna into Switzerland . The emperor , at the period of Anne's demise , was ...
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