Memoirs of Her Late Royal Highness Charlotte-Augusta of Wales, and of Saxe-Cobourg ...: To which is Prefixed, a Concise History of the Illustrious House of Brunswick, Brought Down to the Present Time ... |
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Page 44
... feeling that he was near his end , said to his attendant , C'est fait de moi , " It is over with me ; " and soon after reached the house of his bro- ther , the bishop of Osnaburg , where he expired in the 68th year of his age , and the ...
... feeling that he was near his end , said to his attendant , C'est fait de moi , " It is over with me ; " and soon after reached the house of his bro- ther , the bishop of Osnaburg , where he expired in the 68th year of his age , and the ...
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... feeling more ease when sitting . The upholsterer was directed to make a model agreeable to the King's instructions : the model was produced , and explained to His Majesty ; who gave his approval , and the chair was made . In December ...
... feeling more ease when sitting . The upholsterer was directed to make a model agreeable to the King's instructions : the model was produced , and explained to His Majesty ; who gave his approval , and the chair was made . In December ...
Page 75
... feelings of her affectionate heart were to be lacerated by the unfortunate dissensions of her pa- rents , and , to her young and sensible mind , a choice of evils presented itself , from which she saw no im- mediate relief : the ardent ...
... feelings of her affectionate heart were to be lacerated by the unfortunate dissensions of her pa- rents , and , to her young and sensible mind , a choice of evils presented itself , from which she saw no im- mediate relief : the ardent ...
Page 78
... feelings of His Ma- jesty , in the propriety and correctness of her conduct ; and His Ma- jesty , therefore , cannot forbear to express , in the conclusion of the business , his desire and expectation , that such a conduct may in fu ...
... feelings of His Ma- jesty , in the propriety and correctness of her conduct ; and His Ma- jesty , therefore , cannot forbear to express , in the conclusion of the business , his desire and expectation , that such a conduct may in fu ...
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... feeling themselves placed by Providence on an eminence so much above them . But the great aim should be , to correct the haughti- ness which may attend this superiority , without relinquishing the truth of the fact . Is it not , there ...
... feeling themselves placed by Providence on an eminence so much above them . But the great aim should be , to correct the haughti- ness which may attend this superiority , without relinquishing the truth of the fact . Is it not , there ...
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