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He started with them upon the young , ambitious brother of the king . long , fatiguing journey . Louis of Orleans was now twenty - one years of age ; through his marriage and the gifts of the king he had become for- midably rich ...
He started with them upon the young , ambitious brother of the king . long , fatiguing journey . Louis of Orleans was now twenty - one years of age ; through his marriage and the gifts of the king he had become for- midably rich ...
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were foolish enough to bring an action against your brother for the recovery of the property which he now holds . You wouldn't have the shadow of a case ; you couldn't even bring evidence in support of your allegation ; and the law ...
were foolish enough to bring an action against your brother for the recovery of the property which he now holds . You wouldn't have the shadow of a case ; you couldn't even bring evidence in support of your allegation ; and the law ...
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Au- rangzeb had been forced by his eldest brother's intrigues to assume the defen- sive . It seems doubtful whether , at first , he aspired to the throne . His sole desire , he declared , was to rescue his father from evil counsellors ...
Au- rangzeb had been forced by his eldest brother's intrigues to assume the defen- sive . It seems doubtful whether , at first , he aspired to the throne . His sole desire , he declared , was to rescue his father from evil counsellors ...
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