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Page 145
... Madame de Maintena would have been appreciated . As it is , this pic- ture of a society so firmly established presented to the view of France in the present day is curious enough . This description of the power of Louis XIV ...
... Madame de Maintena would have been appreciated . As it is , this pic- ture of a society so firmly established presented to the view of France in the present day is curious enough . This description of the power of Louis XIV ...
Page 146
... Madame de Maintenon's historian speak for himself : - We have never known Madame de Maintenon otherwise than old , in her sad - colored gown and coif ; rigid and austere , domineering over a court which had become as serious as herself ...
... Madame de Maintenon's historian speak for himself : - We have never known Madame de Maintenon otherwise than old , in her sad - colored gown and coif ; rigid and austere , domineering over a court which had become as serious as herself ...
Page 151
... Madame de Maintenon , from the name of an es tate which his bounty had enabled her to purchase , the fashion was immediately adopted ; and the name of the poor poct ceased to startle the echoes of Versailles . It seemed as though the ...
... Madame de Maintenon , from the name of an es tate which his bounty had enabled her to purchase , the fashion was immediately adopted ; and the name of the poor poct ceased to startle the echoes of Versailles . It seemed as though the ...
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Madame DArbouvilles Village Doctor | 1 |
ElectroMagnetism | 86 |
France | 113 |
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