The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 17; Volume 64William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1891 |
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... king was dead . But not at once , not until after some short breathing - space , such as was pleasant enough to those whose only concern with the succession lay in the shouting , could the cry of ' Long live the king ! ' be raised . For ...
... king was dead . But not at once , not until after some short breathing - space , such as was pleasant enough to those whose only concern with the succession lay in the shouting , could the cry of ' Long live the king ! ' be raised . For ...
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... King Marie I. , ' the Kingdom of Deh Sedang : they were de- signed rather for the voracious but unwary collector . Still these ' China ' stamps of ours have been used to frank letters in China ; nay , the hieroglyphics upon them are ...
... King Marie I. , ' the Kingdom of Deh Sedang : they were de- signed rather for the voracious but unwary collector . Still these ' China ' stamps of ours have been used to frank letters in China ; nay , the hieroglyphics upon them are ...
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... King of the Guanches on ascending the throne - the King of that strange and forgotten people who , in the midst of the Atlantic , in the sunny climes of the Fortunate Islands , remained untouched by civilisation , and who lived in the ...
... King of the Guanches on ascending the throne - the King of that strange and forgotten people who , in the midst of the Atlantic , in the sunny climes of the Fortunate Islands , remained untouched by civilisation , and who lived in the ...
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... kings or menceys . When a king ascended the throne he kissed the sacred bone , the insignia of royalty , and said , as already stated , ' I swear to make everyone happy . ' Truly these were the Happy Isles where the aim of the king was ...
... kings or menceys . When a king ascended the throne he kissed the sacred bone , the insignia of royalty , and said , as already stated , ' I swear to make everyone happy . ' Truly these were the Happy Isles where the aim of the king was ...
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... King Alfonso IV . sent an expedition under Don Luis de Ordo with orders to conquer the islands , but he was repulsed by the inhabitants of Gomera . In 1334 another expedition was sent by the King of Portugal , and a landing was effected ...
... King Alfonso IV . sent an expedition under Don Luis de Ordo with orders to conquer the islands , but he was repulsed by the inhabitants of Gomera . In 1334 another expedition was sent by the King of Portugal , and a landing was effected ...
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