Memoirs of the Baroness D'Oberkirch, Countess de Montbrison, Том 1Colburn and Company, 1852 |
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... never had the slightest pretension to be a bel esprit , or to occupy a niche in the temple of Fame . I write that I may pass over in my mind the prin- cipal events of my life ; they are deeply interesting to me , nor will they be less ...
... never had the slightest pretension to be a bel esprit , or to occupy a niche in the temple of Fame . I write that I may pass over in my mind the prin- cipal events of my life ; they are deeply interesting to me , nor will they be less ...
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... never for a moment been able to corrupt , and which unconsciously reveal them- selves in this correspondence . The description of some of our ruined castles of Alsace leads me naturally to speak of the nobility of this country , of its ...
... never for a moment been able to corrupt , and which unconsciously reveal them- selves in this correspondence . The description of some of our ruined castles of Alsace leads me naturally to speak of the nobility of this country , of its ...
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... never knew my mother , and my earliest recol- lection is that of the mourning dress which I wore for her when I was three or four years old . That was my age when she died . Poor mother ! I have often regretted her . counsels would have ...
... never knew my mother , and my earliest recol- lection is that of the mourning dress which I wore for her when I was three or four years old . That was my age when she died . Poor mother ! I have often regretted her . counsels would have ...
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... never bent beneath a foreign yoke , and scorned to admit a master . What giants these men were ! these noble knights , living in their eagle nests , and descending their mountains to redress , or , alas ! too often to oppress innocence ...
... never bent beneath a foreign yoke , and scorned to admit a master . What giants these men were ! these noble knights , living in their eagle nests , and descending their mountains to redress , or , alas ! too often to oppress innocence ...
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... Never was adage more true than that : noblesse oblige ( nobility ennobles ) . Genealogists carry back our family to the time of Louis le Débonnaire , and to one of his generals named , as they say , Waldner , who signalized him- self in ...
... Never was adage more true than that : noblesse oblige ( nobility ennobles ) . Genealogists carry back our family to the time of Louis le Débonnaire , and to one of his generals named , as they say , Waldner , who signalized him- self in ...
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