A Second Treasury of the World's Great Letters: A Mixed Mailbag Including Intimate Exchanges and Cycles of Correspondence by Famed Men and Women of History and the ArtsWallace Brockway, Bart Keith Winer Simon and Schuster, 1941 - 636 pages Brockway, Wallace & Winer, Bart Keith, ed. |
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Page 66
... France . In her native Domrémy , in Lorraine , Jeanne Darc was as adept at milking cows , plowing , and sew- ing as she was at seeing visions and hearing " voices " -Saints Catherine , Margaret , and Michael , and even the Archangel ...
... France . In her native Domrémy , in Lorraine , Jeanne Darc was as adept at milking cows , plowing , and sew- ing as she was at seeing visions and hearing " voices " -Saints Catherine , Margaret , and Michael , and even the Archangel ...
Page 194
... France . Through her , France signed the Treaty of Versailles , an alliance between Russia , Austria , and France . France , or Madame de Pompadour , refused to renew the neutrality agreement with Prussia : Frederick the Great had ...
... France . Through her , France signed the Treaty of Versailles , an alliance between Russia , Austria , and France . France , or Madame de Pompadour , refused to renew the neutrality agreement with Prussia : Frederick the Great had ...
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... France ( 1215-1270 ) , in letter from Henry Adams to John Hay , 548 Louis XIV , King of France ( 1638-1715 ) , 130 , 154 , 155 , 160 , 163 , 177 , 359 in letter from Madame to the Raugra- vine Louisa , 178 Louis XV , King of France ...
... France ( 1215-1270 ) , in letter from Henry Adams to John Hay , 548 Louis XIV , King of France ( 1638-1715 ) , 130 , 154 , 155 , 160 , 163 , 177 , 359 in letter from Madame to the Raugra- vine Louisa , 178 Louis XV , King of France ...
Contents
A FATAL FRIENDSHIP A SERIES | 3 |
CAESAR WARNS CICERO TO STAND ALOOF FROM CIVIL STRIFE | 12 |
SENECA DENOUNCES THE MODERN TREATMENT | 17 |
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