Life of DantonLongmans, Green, and Company, 1899 - 355 pages |
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... sent to one for older boys , where he learnt to play cards . The stakes were often cakes , and it was re- membered that it was his wont to share such winnings with the loser . His next move was to an ecclesiastical boarding - school at ...
... sent to one for older boys , where he learnt to play cards . The stakes were often cakes , and it was re- membered that it was his wont to share such winnings with the loser . His next move was to an ecclesiastical boarding - school at ...
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... sent to another school at Troyes , where he carried off some prizes , and gained some knowledge of the classics . His class was always eager to hear his themes read , because they were sure to contain something original and striking ...
... sent to another school at Troyes , where he carried off some prizes , and gained some knowledge of the classics . His class was always eager to hear his themes read , because they were sure to contain something original and striking ...
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... . The fields , where cultivated , were cultivated badly . The houses were often without glazed windows . The castle you might see perched overhead on some rock would be 6 kept garrisoned for the reception of prisoners sent by lettres.
... . The fields , where cultivated , were cultivated badly . The houses were often without glazed windows . The castle you might see perched overhead on some rock would be 6 kept garrisoned for the reception of prisoners sent by lettres.
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Augustus Henry Beesly. kept garrisoned for the reception of prisoners sent by lettres de cachet . In Paris alone there were thirty prisons where you could be incarcerated without trial . In six only of the twenty bastilles of France ...
Augustus Henry Beesly. kept garrisoned for the reception of prisoners sent by lettres de cachet . In Paris alone there were thirty prisons where you could be incarcerated without trial . In six only of the twenty bastilles of France ...
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Augustus Henry Beesly. FEUDAL HORRORS 17 3.500 prisoners were sent every year to the galleys . Torture was still employed . Men were still broken on the wheel . Flogging and branding were the common punishment for smuggling such ...
Augustus Henry Beesly. FEUDAL HORRORS 17 3.500 prisoners were sent every year to the galleys . Torture was still employed . Men were still broken on the wheel . Flogging and branding were the common punishment for smuggling such ...
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