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... occasion to acknowledge . Now , gentle or guileful reader , receive one pre- caution before you commence to think well of this " Secret " -remember it is a revealer of such things , as may not please " all ears polite ; " but while all ...
... occasion to acknowledge . Now , gentle or guileful reader , receive one pre- caution before you commence to think well of this " Secret " -remember it is a revealer of such things , as may not please " all ears polite ; " but while all ...
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... occasion allows , the life and wealth which a continued war cost this country . It is only by dispassionate inquiry and comparisons , that a cor- rect judgment can be deduced . The hydra - headed monster , war , from that period was ...
... occasion allows , the life and wealth which a continued war cost this country . It is only by dispassionate inquiry and comparisons , that a cor- rect judgment can be deduced . The hydra - headed monster , war , from that period was ...
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... occasion to slight all persons from whom she feared any state explanation , which might prove inimical to her wishes . Her majesty thought this would effectually prevent their frequent appearance at court , as well as cause their ...
... occasion to slight all persons from whom she feared any state explanation , which might prove inimical to her wishes . Her majesty thought this would effectually prevent their frequent appearance at court , as well as cause their ...
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... occasion , however , her majesty dispensed with a strict adherence to the forms of state ; for only the Archbishop of Canter- bury was allowed to be in the room . On the 19th of September following , the cere- mony of christening the ...
... occasion , however , her majesty dispensed with a strict adherence to the forms of state ; for only the Archbishop of Canter- bury was allowed to be in the room . On the 19th of September following , the cere- mony of christening the ...
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... , performed the ceremony at their palace at Kew . The king's brother , Edward , was present upon this occasion also , as he had been on two former ones . Under the peculiar distractions of this year , it was 18 THE SECRET HISTORY OF.
... , performed the ceremony at their palace at Kew . The king's brother , Edward , was present upon this occasion also , as he had been on two former ones . Under the peculiar distractions of this year , it was 18 THE SECRET HISTORY OF.
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