A Chequered Life: Being Memoirs of the Vicomtesse de Leoville-Meilhan |
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... father until the time of my entering the Imperial House . I had a guardian , who , on ac- count of his health , had been obliged to leave the army , and who always resided in the south , so that I knew scarcely anything of him till ...
... father until the time of my entering the Imperial House . I had a guardian , who , on ac- count of his health , had been obliged to leave the army , and who always resided in the south , so that I knew scarcely anything of him till ...
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... father , and only a few inti- mate friends of the Colonel were present ; his sister being prevented , through illness , from coming . His Majesty sent me a very beautiful ring , and Colonel de Ferval gave me a " corbeille " worthy of a ...
... father , and only a few inti- mate friends of the Colonel were present ; his sister being prevented , through illness , from coming . His Majesty sent me a very beautiful ring , and Colonel de Ferval gave me a " corbeille " worthy of a ...
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... father's fortune ; but as I was rich I thought it infinitely better that Madame and Mademoiselle de Meilhan - although they rather looked down upon me - should be bene- fited by the sale of the estate , which , indeed , did not realize ...
... father's fortune ; but as I was rich I thought it infinitely better that Madame and Mademoiselle de Meilhan - although they rather looked down upon me - should be bene- fited by the sale of the estate , which , indeed , did not realize ...
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... fathers with her own son , and forget she had been reigning on one of the fairest lands upon earth , and stoop to wed one who had been her father's subject . " These words were spoken with a strange em- phasis , and as if the woman had ...
... fathers with her own son , and forget she had been reigning on one of the fairest lands upon earth , and stoop to wed one who had been her father's subject . " These words were spoken with a strange em- phasis , and as if the woman had ...
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... father , " I replied ; and in a few concise words I related to her the history of my marriage . " Thank God for it ! " she ejaculated , with a sigh of relief ; " and if on the other side of the tomb we meet again , oh , then he will be ...
... father , " I replied ; and in a few concise words I related to her the history of my marriage . " Thank God for it ! " she ejaculated , with a sigh of relief ; " and if on the other side of the tomb we meet again , oh , then he will be ...
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