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A\r\nPrefatory introduction to a work like this, can hope little better usage\r\nfrom the Public than they had; it proclaims the approach of what has\r\noften passed by before, adorned most certainly with greater splendour,\r\nperhaps conducted too with greater regularity and skill: Yet will I not\r\ndespair of giving at least a momentary amusement to my countrymen in\r\ngeneral, while their entertainment shall serve as a vehicle for\r\nconveying expressions of particular kindness to those foreign\r\nindividuals, whose tenderness softened the sorrows of absence, and who\r\neagerly endeavoured by unmerited attentions to supply the loss of their\r\ncompany on whom nature and habit had given me stronger claims.\nThat I should make some reflections, or write down some observations, in\r\nthe course of a long journey, is not strange; that I should present them\r\nbefore the Public is I hope not too daring: the presumption grew up out\r\nof their acknowledged favour, and if too kind culture has encouraged a\r\ncoarse plant till it runs to seed, a little coldness from the same\r\nquarter will soon prove sufficient to kill it. The flattering partiality\r\nof private partisans sometimes induces authors to venture forth, and\r\nstand a public decision; but it is often found to betray them too; not\r\nto be tossed by waves of perpetual contention, but rather to sink in the\r\nsilence of total neglect. What wonder! He who swims in oil must be\r\nbuoyant indeed, if he escapes falling certainly, though gently, to the\r\nbottom; while he who commits his safety to the bosom of the\r\nwide-embracing ocean, is sure to be strongly supported, or at worst\r\nthrown upon the shore.\nOn this principle it has been still my study to obtain from a humane and\r\ngenerous Public that shelter their protection best affords from the\r\npoisoned arrows of private malignity; for though it is not difficult to\r\ndespise the attempts of petty malice, I will not say with the\r\nPhilosopher, that I mean to build a monument to my fame with the stones\r\nthrown at me to break my bones; nor yet pretend to the art of Swift's\r\nGerman Wonder-doer, who promised to make them fall about his head like\r\nso many pillows. Ink, as it resembles Styx in its colour, should\r\nresemble it a little in its operation too; whoever has been once dipt\r\nshould become invulnerable: But it is not so; the irritability of\r\nauthors has long been enrolled among the comforts of ill-nature, and the\r\ntriumphs of stupidity; such let it long remain! Let me at least take\r\ncare in the worst storms that may arise in public or in private life, to\r\nsay with Lear,\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 16445 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Piozzi, Hester Lynch \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Aug 5, 2005 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Piozzi, Hester Lynch,1741-1821 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43217346658461,"sku":"gb-16445-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/16445.jpg?v=1671425741"},{"product_id":"abrege-de-l-histoire-universelle-depuis-charlemagne-jusques-a-charlequint-tome-1-gb-18543","title":"Abrégé de l'Histoire universelle depuis Charlemagne jusques à Charlequint (Tome 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbrégé de l'Histoire universelle depuis Charlemagne jusques à Charlequint (Tome 1)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlusieurs esprits infatigables ayant dbrouill autant qu'on le peut, le\r\nchaos de l'Antiquit, et quelques Gnies loquents ayant crit l'Histoire\r\nUniverselle jusqu' Charlemagne, j'ai regrett qu'ils n'aient pas fourni\r\nune carrire plus longue. J'ai voulu pour m'instruire de ce qu'ils ne\r\ndisent pas, mettre sous mes yeux un prcis de l'Histoire, laquelle nous\r\nintresse,  mesure qu'elle devient plus moderne.[2]\n[Note 2: Les lettres majuscules utilises dans l'dition de Jean Neaulme\r\npour les substantifs tels que Antiquit, Gnie, Histoire, etc. sont\r\nconserves dans la prsente dition du project Gutenberg.]\nMa principale ide est de connatre autant que je pourrai, les murs\r\ndes Peuples, et d'tudier l'Esprit humain. Je regarderai l'ordre des\r\nSuccessions des Rois et la Chronologie comme mes guides, mais non comme\r\nle but de mon travail. Ce travail serait bien ingrat, si je me bornais \r\nvouloir apprendre seulement en quelle anne un Prince indigne d'tre connu,\r\nsuccda  un Prince barbare.\nIl semble en lisant les Histoires, que la Terre n'ait t faite que pour\r\nquelques Souverains, et pour ceux qui ont servi leurs passions; tout le\r\nreste est nglig. Les Historiens, semblables en cela aux Rois, sacrifient\r\nle Genre-Humain  un seul homme. N'y a-t-il donc eu sur la Terre que\r\ndes Princes; et faut-il que presque tous les Inventeurs des Arts soient\r\ninconnus, tandis qu'on a des suites chronologiques de tant d'hommes qui\r\nn'ont fait aucun bien ou qui ont fait beaucoup de mal? Autant il faut\r\nconnatre les grandes actions des Souverains qui ont chang la face de la\r\nTerre, et surtout de ceux qui ont rendu leurs Peuples meilleurs et plus\r\nheureux; autant on doit ignorer le vulgaire des Rois, qui ne servirait\r\nqu' charger la mmoire.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 18543 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Voltaire, 1694-1778 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jun 9, 2006 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: French \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Voltaire, 1694-1778 \/ eBook \/ French","offer_id":43217544839325,"sku":"gb-18543-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/18543.jpg?v=1671436957"},{"product_id":"before-and-after-waterloo-gb-30564","title":"Before and after Waterloo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBefore and after Waterloo\r - Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome extracts from these letters have already appeared in the \"Early\r\nMarried Life of Maria Josepha, Lady Stanley,\" but are here inserted\r\nagain by kind permission of Messrs. Longman, and complete Bishop\r\nStanley's correspondence.\nTHE\r\nletters which are collected in this volume were written from abroad\r\nduring the opening years of the nineteenth century, at three different\r\nperiods: after the Peace of Amiens in 1802 and 1803, after the Peace of\r\nParis in 1814, and in the year following Waterloo, June, 1816.\nThe writer, Edward Stanley, was for thirty-three years an active country\r\nclergyman, and for twelve years more a no less active bishop, at a time\r\nwhen such activity was uncommon, though not so rare as is sometimes now\r\nsupposed.\nAlthough a member of one of the oldest Cheshire families, he did not\r\nshare the opinions of his county neighbours on public questions, and his\r\nvoice was fearlessly raised on behalf of causes which are now\r\ntriumphant, and against abuses which are now forgotten, but which\r\nacutely needed champions and reformers a hundred years ago.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 30564 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Stanley, Edward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Nov 29, 2009 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor\u003c\/b\u003e: Adeane, Jane H. 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Malheureusement, le nombre considrable des\r\nlettres et des documents collectionns dans les archives du\r\ngouvernement et dans les archives des particuliers fit rejeter\r\nl'ide de joindre  ces lettres de l'empereur les rponses et des\r\nnotes explicatives.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 30604 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Du Casse, Albert \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Dec 4, 2009 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: French \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Du Casse, Albert,1813-1893 \/ eBook \/ French","offer_id":43219467370653,"sku":"gb-30604-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/30604.jpg?v=1671527135"},{"product_id":"souvenirs-de-charles-henri-baron-de-gleichen-gb-37762","title":"Souvenirs de Charles-Henri Baron de Gleichen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSouvenirs de Charles-Henri Baron de Gleichen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges.\r\nL'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise.\r\nLes numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris.\nL\r\na duchesse de Choiseul, qui nous\r\nest aujourd'hui si bien connue, a\r\npassionnment aim son mari,\r\nnous le savons, et elle n'a jamais aim que\r\nlui, on peut le croire sans tmrit. Mais\r\nelle se laissait volontiers admirer, adorer,\r\naimer, car elle inspirait  tous ceux qui l'approchaient\r\net qui taient touchs de sa\r\nbeaut et de ses vertus, des sentiments qui,\r\npour n'oser s'avouer hautement et se dguiser\r\nsous les noms honntes d'amiti et\r\nde dvouement, ressemblaient  ce que\r\nl'on est convenu d'appeler de l'amour.\r\nIV\r\nParmi ces amoureux discrets et dlicats se\r\ndistinguait un tranger, un allemand, le\r\nbaron de Gleichen, dont il est si souvent\r\nfait mention dans les lettres de Mme du\r\nDeffand et de la duchesse de Choiseul. Nul\r\nne fut plus que lui, si on excepte l'abb\r\nBarthlemy, sous le charme des attraits irrsistibles\r\nde cette femme autant estimable\r\nqu'aimable, qui avait toutes les vertus ou\r\npeu s'en faut, cela n'est pas douteux, et qui\r\npourtant n'tait pas chrtienne, avouons-le\r\nau risque de dplaire  ses adorateurs de\r\nce temps-ci.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 37762 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Gleichen, Charles Henri \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Oct 15, 2011 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: French \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor\u003c\/b\u003e: Grimblot, Paul, 1817-1870 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gleichen, Charles Henri \/ eBook \/ French","offer_id":43220573421725,"sku":"gb-37762-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/37762.jpg?v=1671555090"},{"product_id":"memoirs-of-the-duchesse-de-dino-afterwards-duchesse-de-talleyrand-et-de-sagan-1831-1835-gb-42249","title":"Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1831-1835","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMemoirs of the Duchesse de Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1831-1835\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis history is composed of notes made in England during\r\nthe Embassy of the Prince de Talleyrand and of fragments\r\nof letters addressed by my grandmother, the Duchesse de\r\nDino (afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan),\r\nduring a period of thirty years, to M. Adolphe de Bacourt,\r\nwho gave them to me by her desire.\nSome months before her death in 1862 my grandmother,\r\nwho was then fully aware of her condition, herself told me\r\nof the precious legacy which would be transmitted to me\r\nwhen she was gone by M. de Bacourt, her executor, and\r\nadded her final instructions and advice.\nA just judgment on conspicuous ideas and persons is\r\npossible only after the lapse of many years, and so I should\r\nwillingly have postponed the publication of these Memoirs.\r\nBut some years since, my niece, the Comtesse Jean de\r\nCastellane, published the story of the early years of the\r\nDuchesse de Dino, and as many readers desire to have the\r\ncontinuation, I have decided not to withhold it any longer,\r\nand it will be found in the following pages.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 42249 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Dino, Dorothée \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Mar 3, 2013 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor\u003c\/b\u003e: Radziwill, Marie Dorothea Elisabeth de Castellane, Fürstin, 1840-1915 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Dino, Dorothée \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43221347893405,"sku":"gb-42249-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/42249.jpg?v=1671593254"},{"product_id":"memoirs-of-the-duchesse-de-dino-afterwards-duchesse-de-talleyrand-et-de-sagan-1836-1840-gb-44646","title":"Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1836-1840","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMemoirs of the Duchesse de Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1836-1840\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParis, January 2, 1836.M. de Talleyrand is working hard\r\nto advance the claims of M. 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Dupin was moved\r\neven to sobs!\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 44646 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Dino, Dorothée \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jan 12, 2014 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor\u003c\/b\u003e: Radziwill, Marie Dorothea Elisabeth de Castellane, Fürstin, 1840-1915 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Dino, Dorothée \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43221483487389,"sku":"gb-44646-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/44646.jpg?v=1671602235"},{"product_id":"l-assassinat-de-la-duchesse-de-praslin-gb-45176","title":"L'Assassinat de la Duchesse de Praslin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eL'Assassinat de la Duchesse de Praslin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges.\r\nL'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise.\r\nLes numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris.\nLe premier, l'auteur de ce livre a eu la redoutable\r\nfortune d'tudier le dossier de cette procdure, et\r\nc'est  la lumire des correspondances saisies qu'il\r\na pu entrevoir les mystrieux secrets que les juges\r\nde 1847 avaient soigneusement voils  tous les\r\nregards.\nC'est un triste et dplorable drame de famille. C'est\r\nune lamentable histoire que celle de Thobald de\r\nPraslin et de Fanny Sbastiani. Que de fois, cur,\r\nenvahi par un cauchemar, l'auteur de ce livre, aprs\r\nlecture d'une des pices volontairement ngliges\r\npar les pairs de 1847, s'est arrt dans sa tche, refusant\r\nd'en croire ses yeux et en appelant contre la\r\nlogique de la raison  toutes les mres! Mais aussitt,\r\nun nouveau document venait confirmer et consolider\r\nles affirmations du premier.\nQuel carnage des opinions prconues, legs de nos\r\npres! La lgende de l'ange de vertu, qu'aurait\r\n 6\r\nt Mme de Praslin, a vcu; il ne reste plus qu'une\r\nhorrible, qu'une monstrueuse dtraque. La lgende\r\ndes amours du duc et de l'ambitieuse institutrice,\r\nse rduit  l'idylle platonique d'une pauvre fille\r\nisole, sans affection dans la vie, et d'un dgot de\r\nla femme, en qui ne vivait plus que le sentiment paternel.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 45176 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Savine, Albert \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Mar 19, 2014 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: French \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Savine, Albert,1859-1927 \/ eBook \/ French","offer_id":43221531623581,"sku":"gb-45176-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/45176.jpg?v=1671605110"},{"product_id":"memoirs-of-the-duchesse-de-dino-afterwards-duchesse-de-talleyrand-et-de-sagan-1841-1850-gb-48076","title":"Memoirs of the Duchesse De Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1841-1850","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMemoirs of the Duchesse De Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1841-1850\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRochecotte, January 1, 1841.Yesterday passed by uneventfully.\r\nIn the morning I had mass said in my chapel for\r\nthe late M. de Qulen, and shed heartfelt tears during the\r\nservice. In the evening my son Alexander, my son-in-law and\r\nPauline gave us some music. They sang vaudevilles and\r\nmimicked characters with a vivacity which delighted me, as I\r\nam always afraid that they may be bored here, though I admit\r\nthat their frame of mind was in complete contrast to my own.\r\nOn the stroke of midnight punch was served; some tears fell\r\ninto my glass when I thought of those with whom I had so\r\noften spent this anniversary.\nRochecotte, January 2, 1841.M. de Salvandy writes to\r\nme as follows concerning the reception of M. Mol at the\r\nAcademy: \"M. Mol spoke to a magnificent audience. He\r\nwas seated between M. de Royer Collard and M. de Chateaubriand;\r\non this occasion the latter broke his usual custom\r\nof avoiding public appearances. It was a special honour,\r\neither to M. Mol or to the memory of the late archbishop.\r\nThe highest society from the Faubourg Saint Germain were\r\nthere, in fact all the special friends of M. Mol and everybody\r\nwho can be called anybody nowadays. M. Mol was\r\ncontinually applauded, and his cleverness, his taste and\r\ncourageous speaking well deserved this reward. He gave a\r\n 2\r\nfair and respectful account of this pure and noble character\r\nand spoke of M. de Qulen without concessions or reticence\r\nor consideration for his own position. His ambition seems\r\nto have burnt its boats, with such enthusiasm did he speak of\r\nold time manners and society and so warmly did he emphasise\r\nthe ideas and principles of good order. He only touched\r\nupon present times to utter a eulogy upon the King, and\r\nyou know that present times are not agreeable to him. I\r\nwas especially struck by the vigorous approval of the audience;\r\nit was a public rehabilitation of the persecuted Prelate and\r\nthe canonisation of his memory by a layman before a public\r\nwhich was not entirely sympathetic or legitimist; for there\r\nwas a lively manifestation of approval at certain passages in\r\nDupin's reply, opposing the Restoration and the Englishman.\r\nDupin's answer was quite characteristic, and I need say no\r\nmore of it. M. Guizot and M. Thiers seem to have foreseen\r\nthe success of M. Mol, for they did not appear and their\r\nabsence was widely commented upon. In short, this session\r\nhas greatly raised M. Mol in the opinion and esteem of\r\nright-minded people, but it has been in particular a great day\r\nfor the memory of the Archbishop, for his family and his\r\nfriends, and for those who felt his blessing as he was at the\r\npoint of death. For this reason I hasten, Madame, to give\r\nyou an account of it, as by this means I can realise its\r\nmeaning more exactly and more deeply than if I had merely\r\nlistened.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 48076 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Dino, Dorothée \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jan 25, 2015 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor\u003c\/b\u003e: Radziwill, Marie Dorothea Elisabeth de Castellane, Fürstin, 1840-1915 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Dino, Dorothée \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43221780791453,"sku":"gb-48076-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/48076.jpg?v=1671615871"},{"product_id":"chronique-de-1831-a-1862-tome-2-de-4-gb-48257","title":"Chronique de 1831 à 1862, Tome 2 (de 4)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChronique de 1831 à 1862, Tome 2 (de 4)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges.\r\nL'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise.\r\nLes numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris.\nParis, le 2 janvier 1836.M. de Talleyrand prne\r\nbeaucoup M. Mol, pour le faire recevoir de l'Acadmie\r\nfranaise; il est galement appuy par M. Royer-Collard\r\net par les ministres; c'est ce qui faisait dire, hier au soir,\r\n M. Villemain, que toutes les influences les plus diverses\r\net les plus inverses se runissaient pour porter ou exporter\r\nM. Mol  l'Acadmie, que lui, Villemain, l'y importait\r\nde toutes ses forces, puisque, d'ailleurs, le fauteuil\r\nacadmique n'empchait pas d'autres siges. Les jeux de\r\nmots et les pointes ne manquaient pas dans cette phrase,\r\nni la malignit non plus!\nOn parlait beaucoup des diffrents discours tenus au\r\nRoi,  l'occasion de la nouvelle anne, entre autres de\r\ncelui de M. Pasquier, remarquable par le mot de sujet\r\nqu'il a eu la tmrit de reproduire, et que M. Villemain\r\nappelait un mot progressif.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 48257 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Dino, Dorothée \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Feb 14, 2015 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: French \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor\u003c\/b\u003e: Radziwill, Marie Dorothea Elisabeth de Castellane, Fürstin, 1840-1915 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Dino, Dorothée \/ eBook \/ French","offer_id":43221793439901,"sku":"gb-48257-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/48257.jpg?v=1671616600"},{"product_id":"the-chronicles-of-enguerrand-de-monstrelet-vol-01-of-13-gb-50839","title":"The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 01 [of 13]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 01 [of 13]\r - Containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am happy in this opportunity of dedicating\r\nthe Chronicles of Monstrelet\r\nto your grace, to show my high respect for\r\nyour many virtues, public and private, and\r\nthe value I set on the honour of your\r\ngraces friendship.\nOne of Monstrelets principal characters\r\nwas John duke of Bedford, regent\r\nof France; and your grace has fully\r\ndisplayed your abilities, as regent, to be at\r\nleast equal to those of your namesake, in\r\nthe milder and more valuable virtues.\r\nThose of a hero may dazzle in this life;\r\nbut the others are, I trust, recorded in a\r\nbetter place; and your late wise, although,\r\nunfortunately, short government of Ireland\r\nwill be long and thankfully remembered\r\nby a gallant and warm-hearted people.\nMaterials for the biography of Monstrelet\r\nare still more scanty than for that of\r\nFroissart. The most satisfactory account,\r\nboth of his life and of the continuators of\r\nhis history, is contained in the Memoires de\r\nlAcadmie de Belles Lettres, vol. XLIII.\r\np. 535. by M. Dacier.\nWe are ignorant of the birthplace of\r\nEnguerrand de Monstrelet, and of the period\r\nwhen he was born, as well as of the\r\nnames of his parents. All we know is,\r\nthat he sprang from a noble family,which\r\nhe takes care to tell us himself, in\r\nhis introduction to the first volume of the\r\nchronicles; and his testimony is confirmed\r\nby a variety of original deeds, in which his\r\nname is always accompanied with the distinction\r\nof noble man, or esquire.[1]\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 50839 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Monstrelet, Enguerrand de \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jan 4, 2016 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Johnes, Thomas, 1748-1816 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Monstrelet, Enguerrand de,1390?-1453 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43222155985053,"sku":"gb-50839-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/50839_ccdca3e4-3dfd-45f9-b0ba-d1c6186420c4.jpg?v=1671773868"},{"product_id":"chronique-de-1831-a-1862-tome-1-de-4-gb-52380","title":"Chronique de 1831 à 1862, Tome 1 (de 4)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChronique de 1831 à 1862, Tome 1 (de 4)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges.\r\nL'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise.\r\nLes numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris.\n\r\nCette Chronique a t compose avec des notes\r\nrecueillies en Angleterre, durant l'ambassade du\r\nprince de Talleyrand, et ensuite avec les fragments\r\nextraits des lettres adresses pendant trente ans, par\r\nMme la duchesse de Dino (plus tard duchesse de\r\nTalleyrand et de Sagan),  M. Adolphe de Bacourt,\r\nqui me l'a remise en mains propres, par ordre de ma\r\ngrand'mre.\nQuelques mois avant sa mort, en 1862, ma grand'mre,\r\nqui ne se faisait plus aucune illusion sur l'tat\r\nde sa sant, me prvint elle-mme du don prcieux\r\nqui me serait remis aprs elle, par son excuteur\r\ntestamentaire, M. de Bacourt, y ajoutant ses instructions\r\net ses conseils.\nLe recul des annes tant ncessaire  l'homme\r\npour devenir  peu prs juste  l'gard des sentiments\r\n X\r\net des actes des personnes qui ont marqu d'un trait\r\nspcial, j'aurais voulu retarder encore la publication de\r\ncette Chronique, mais ma nice, la comtesse Jean de\r\nCastellane, ayant, il y a quelques mois, fait paratre\r\nle Rcit des premires annes de la duchesse de Dino,\r\nqui finissait trop tt, au gr de plus d'un lecteur, il\r\nme semble  propos de ne plus en faire attendre la\r\ncontinuation.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 52380 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Dino, Dorothée \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jun 19, 2016 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: French \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor\u003c\/b\u003e: Radziwill, Marie Dorothea Elisabeth de Castellane, Fürstin, 1840-1915 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Dino, Dorothée \/ eBook \/ French","offer_id":43226976223389,"sku":"gb-52380-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/52380.jpg?v=1671944924"},{"product_id":"the-chronicles-of-enguerrand-de-monstrelet-vol-02-of-13-gb-52607","title":"The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 02 [of 13]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 02 [of 13]\r - Containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuye de Roye, archbishop of Rheims, appeals\r\n    from the constitutions drawn up by the\r\n    university of Paris, which angers that body,\r\n    and they imprison his commissary\nThe king of France holds a grand council at Paris,\r\n    to consider on the manner of proceeding\r\n    iv\r\n    against the duke of Burgundy for the murder\r\n    of the duke of Orleans\nThe king of France is carried, by the princes of\r\n    the blood, to Tours in Touraine. 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The war\r\n    of Ame de Viry, a Savoyard, with the duke\r\n    of Bourbon\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 52607 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Monstrelet, Enguerrand de \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jul 19, 2016 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Johnes, Thomas, 1748-1816 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Monstrelet, Enguerrand de,1390?-1453 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43227030323357,"sku":"gb-52607-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/52607.jpg?v=1671945737"},{"product_id":"chronique-de-1831-a-1862-tome-3-de-4-gb-52797","title":"Chronique de 1831 à 1862, Tome 3 (de 4)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChronique de 1831 à 1862, Tome 3 (de 4)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges.\r\nL'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise.\r\nLes numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris.\nRochecotte, 1er janvier 1841.La journe d'hier s'est\r\npasse sans grand incident. Le matin, j'ai fait dire dans\r\nma chapelle une messe pour feu M. de Qulen; j'y ai\r\npleur de tout mon cur. Le soir, mon fils Alexandre,\r\nmon gendre et Pauline ont fait de la musique, chant des\r\nvaudevilles, reprsent des charges et fait un train dont\r\nj'tais charme pour eux, parce que je meurs toujours de\r\npeur qu'ils ne s'ennuient ici, mais qui, je l'avoue, contrastait\r\ntout particulirement avec ma disposition d'me.\r\nAu coup de minuit, on a servi du punch: il est tomb\r\nplus d'une larme dans mon verre en songeant  ceux\r\navec lesquels j'ai si longtemps pass ce moment.\nRochecotte, 2 janvier 1841.Voici ce que M. de Salvandy\r\nm'crit sur la rception acadmique de M. Mol:\r\nM. Mol a parl au milieu d'un magnifique auditoire. Il\r\ntait assis entre M. Royer-Collard et M. de Chateaubriand,\r\n 2\r\nqui a fait une grande exception  ses habitudes en se\r\nmontrant en public; c'tait comme un honneur particulier\r\nfait soit  M. Mol, soit  la mmoire du dfunt Archevque.\r\nTout le plus beau monde du faubourg Saint-Germain s'y\r\ntrouvait; de plus, toute la socit particulire de M. Mol\r\net tout ce qui s'appelle le monde d'aujourd'hui. Un constant\r\napplaudissement a soutenu M. Mol, et il a mrit ce\r\nsuffrage, par l'esprit, le bon got et le courage de sa parole.\r\nIl a abord noblement, en face et avec respect, cette pure\r\net sainte mmoire. Il a parl de M. de Qulen sans concessions,\r\nsans rticences, sans mnagements pour sa situation\r\npersonnelle. Il semblait brler les vaisseaux de l'ambition,\r\ntant il a clbr de haut les anciennes murs et l'ancienne\r\nsocit, les ides et les principes d'ordre. L'loge\r\nvif du Roi est la seule part faite au temps prsent, et vous\r\nsavez que le temps prsent ne lui en saura qu'un gr mdiocre.\r\nCe qui m'a frappe, c'est la vive adhsion de l'auditoire;\r\nc'est cette rhabilitation publique du Prlat\r\nperscut; c'est cette canonisation laque au milieu d'un\r\npublic qui n'tait pas tout entier, ni de bonne compagnie,\r\nni lgitimiste; car il y a eu approbation effervescente de\r\nquelques passages de la rponse de Dupin, passages\r\ndirigs contre la Restauration et contre l'Anglais. Cette\r\nrponse de Dupin est l'homme mme; c'est vous en dire\r\nassez! M. Guizot et M. Thiers ont sembl prvoir l'ovation\r\nde M. Mol, car ils n'ont pas paru, ce qui a t fort\r\nremarqu. En rsum, cette sance grandit M. Mol dans\r\nl'opinion et l'estime de tous les gens de bien, mais la\r\njourne a surtout t excellente pour la mmoire de l'Archevque,\r\n 3\r\npour sa famille, pour ses amis, pour ceux qui\r\nont senti sa bndiction en mourant, et c'est pourquoi je\r\nme hte, Madame, de vous en parler; c'est une manire\r\nde m'en rendre un compte plus vrai, et plus touchant\r\nencore que d'y avoir simplement assist!\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 52797 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Dino, Dorothée \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Aug 13, 2016 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: French \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor\u003c\/b\u003e: Radziwill, Marie Dorothea Elisabeth de Castellane, Fürstin, 1840-1915 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Dino, Dorothée \/ eBook \/ French","offer_id":43227132002461,"sku":"gb-52797-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/52797.jpg?v=1671946411"},{"product_id":"the-chronicles-of-enguerrand-de-monstrelet-vol-04-of-13-gb-52889","title":"The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 04 [of 13]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 04 [of 13]\r - Containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe treaty of peace concluded at Arras,\r\nwhich was the fifth, is read in the presence\r\nof the duke of Aquitaine, and\r\nseveral other princes of the blood-royal,\r\nand the oaths that were taken in consequence\nThe Parisians and members of the university\r\nof Paris wait on the duke of Acquitaine\r\nto propose certain measures of public\r\nsafety. 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They also\r\nseized the arms of the burghers and inhabitants, and carried them to\r\nthe said fortresses, riding daily through the streets attended by a\r\nstrong force, and followed by cars and carts, which conveyed the arms\r\nand chains to the places appointed for receiving them. There was not,\r\nat that period, any burgher who dared even to carry a quarter-staff.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 52889 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Monstrelet, Enguerrand de \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Aug 24, 2016 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Johnes, Thomas, 1748-1816 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Monstrelet, Enguerrand de,1390?-1453 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43227137966237,"sku":"gb-52889-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/52889.jpg?v=1671946753"},{"product_id":"the-chronicles-of-enguerrand-de-monstrelet-vol-03-of-13-gb-52911","title":"The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 03 [of 13]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 03 [of 13]\r - Containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of the nobles and captains were now sent by the king to the\r\ncountries of such as were confederates with the duke of Orleans and\r\nhis party. In the number, the count de la Marche was ordered into the\r\nOrleanois, to subject it to the king's obedience, in company with the\r\nlord de Hambre.[Pg 2]\nAym de Vitry, Fierbourd, and others were sent against the duke of\r\nBourbon, who had done much mischief to the country of Charolois; and\r\nhaving a large force with them, they despoiled the Bourbonois and\r\nBeaujolois. They advanced with displayed banners before the town of\r\nVillefranche, in which was the duke of Bourbon and his bastard-brother,\r\nsir Hector, a very valiant knight and renowned in war. There was with\r\nthem a large company of knights and esquires, vassals to the duke, who,\r\nseeing the enemy thus boldly advancing, drew up in handsome array and\r\nsallied forth to meet them, and the duke himself joined them in their\r\nintent to offer battle. A severe skirmish ensued, in which many gallant\r\ndeeds were done on each side. The bastard of Bourbon distinguished\r\nhimself much in the command of the light troops, and fought most\r\nchivalrously. He was, however, so far intermixed with the enemy that\r\nthe duke was fearful of his being slain or taken, and, sticking spurs\r\ninto his horse, cried out to his people, 'Push forward! for my brother\r\nwill be made prisoner unless speedily succoured.' Great part of his\r\nbattalion followed him on the gallop toward the enemy,[Pg 3] and the battle\r\nwas renewed with more energy: many men at arms were unhorsed, wounded\r\nand slain: at length, the van of the Burgundians, under the command\r\nof Aym de Vitry, was forced to fall back on the main army, which was\r\nat a short distance off. The bastard, who had been struck down, was\r\nremounted, and returned to the duke. Before that day, no one person had\r\never heard the duke call him brother.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 52911 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Monstrelet, Enguerrand de \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Aug 28, 2016 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Johnes, Thomas, 1748-1816 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Monstrelet, Enguerrand de,1390?-1453 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43227139145885,"sku":"gb-52911-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/52911.jpg?v=1671946828"},{"product_id":"chronique-de-1831-a-1862-tome-4-de-4-gb-53523","title":"Chronique de 1831 à 1862, Tome 4 (de 4)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChronique de 1831 à 1862, Tome 4 (de 4)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote sur la transcription: Les erreurs clairement introduites par le typographe ont t corriges.\r\nL'orthographe d'origine a t conserve et n'a pas t harmonise.\r\nLes numros des pages blanches n'ont pas t repris.\nSagan, 1er janvier 1851.Cette date fait natre plus\r\nde penses srieuses et graves qu'elle ne permet d'esprance\r\net qu'elle n'offre de joies. Que nous donnera cette\r\nanne que nous inscrivons aujourd'hui pour la premire\r\nfois? Que de mystres elle renferme!\nSagan, 7 janvier 1851.Je pars dans quelques\r\nheures pour Berlin o la grippe rgne pidmiquement.\r\nD'aprs les derniers relevs, soixante mille personnes en\r\ntaient atteintes. Cette vilaine grippade, partout o elle a\r\nrgn, a t le prcurseur du cholra. Ainsi, il se pourrait\r\nbien que ce grand moissonneur se rveille sur nouveaux\r\nfrais pour une nouvelle rcolte. A la garde de Dieu!\nJe pense trouver Berlin fort  la paix pour ce qui\r\nregarde l'est de l'Europe. C'est pour l'instant le principal.\r\nQuant  Dresde, je ne crois pas qu'on y parvienne\r\n rsoudre promptement toutes les questions pendantes.\r\n 2\r\nL'quilibre est bien difficile  retrouver, aprs de si formidables\r\nsecousses.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 53523 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Dino, Dorothée \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Nov 13, 2016 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: French \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor\u003c\/b\u003e: Radziwill, Marie Dorothea Elisabeth de Castellane, Fürstin, 1840-1915 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Dino, Dorothée \/ eBook \/ French","offer_id":43231079727261,"sku":"gb-53523-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/53523.jpg?v=1672067804"},{"product_id":"observations-and-reflections-made-in-the-course-of-a-journey-through-france-italy-and-germany-vol-2-of-2-gb-54519","title":"Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. 2 (of 2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eObservations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. 2 (of 2)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the tenth day of this month we arrived\r\nearly at Naples, for I think it was\r\nabout two oclock in the morning; and sure\r\nthe providence of God preserved us, for never\r\nwas such weather seen by me since I came into\r\nthe world; thunder, lightning, storm at sea,\r\nrain and wind, contending for mastery, and\r\ncombining to extinguish the torches bought\r\nto light us the last stage: Vesuvius, vomiting\r\nfire, and pouring torrents of red hot lava down\r\nits sides, was the only object visible; and\r\nthat we saw plainly in the afternoon thirty\r\nmiles off, where I asked a Franciscan friar,\r\nIf it was the famous volcano? 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T. W. D. Moodie, H. P. 21st Fusileers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The United Service Journal is confessedly one of the best\r\nperiodicals of its kind that have ever issued from the Public\r\nPress. No Monthly Journal has yet appeared so devotedly\r\nattached to the interests of the Army and Navy, or whose\r\nclaims to the patronage of both services are so strikingly conspicuous.\r\nIt is full of agreeable anecdote and useful information.\r\nIn its pages we find a faithful and most interesting record of\r\npast achievements, whether on sea or land, diversified by many\r\ncharacteristic traits of British heroism, and national gallantry,\r\nfrom the lowest to the highest rank in the Service. New improvements\r\nin gunnery, navigation, and the art of War, are\r\nexposed to view with the commanding powers of a master hand,\r\nwhile no subject is omitted which could by possibility involve\r\nthe honour and welfare of our Army and Navy. 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P. 21st Fusileers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The United Service Journal is confessedly one the best\r\nperiodicals of its kind that have ever issued from the Public\r\nPress. No Monthly Journal has yet appeared so devotedly\r\nattached to the interests of the Army and Navy, or whose claims\r\nto the patronage of both services are so strikingly conspicuous.\r\nIt is full of agreeable anecdote and useful information. In its\r\npages we find a faithful and most interesting record of past\r\nachievements, whether on sea or land, diversified by many characteristic\r\ntraits of British heroism, and national gallantry,\r\nfrom the lowest to the highest rank in the Service. New improvements\r\nin gunnery, navigation, and the art of War, are\r\nexposed to view with the commanding powers of a master\r\nhand, while no subject is omitted which could by possibility\r\ninvolve the honour and welfare of our Army and Navy. In\r\nfine, the Journal affords a correct summary of all changes in\r\nthe station of Regiments and Ships of the line, besides an\r\nauthentic return of the Promotions in the Red and the Blue.\r\nIndependently of the attractions it has for a military man, this\r\nperiodical may be read with much pleasure by a civilian, and we\r\nfeel much gratification in stating that it enjoys a very considerable\r\npatronage.\"Limerick Chronicle.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 55953 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Cooke, John Henry \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Nov 13, 2017 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributor (Author)\u003c\/b\u003e: Moodie, J. 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He immediately\r\ncollected a force to succour those in the gate, who were gallantly\r\ndefending themselves; and his men at arms, enraged to find the enemy so\r\nnear, lost no time in putting on their armour.\nThey soon marched out of Laon to the assistance of their friends then\r\nfighting; but a part of the Burgundians, without finishing their\r\nenterprise, or providing for what might happen, had quitted the combat\r\nto plunder the abbey. They were, therefore, unexpectedly attacked\r\nby these men at arms, and with such vigour that they were totally\r\ndefeated, and sixty of the principal were left dead on the spot: in the\r\nnumber were Bertrand de Manicain and Enguerrand de Gribauval. 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The questions which occupied the attention\r\n    of the French and the British governments at that\r\n    period have now passed into the domain of history.\r\n    The resentment evoked by the Egyptian crisis of 1840\r\n    and the controversies raised by the Spanish marriages\r\n    has died away. The attitude towards the Liberal\r\n    and national movements in Europe, adopted, on the\r\n    one side, by Louis Philippe and M. Guizot and, on\r\n    the other, by Lord Palmerston, can, at this distance\r\n    of time, be reviewed dispassionately. In the light of\r\n    the knowledge of to-day, the difficulties which beset\r\n    the Citizen King may be estimated, and the injustice\r\n    of many of the attacks made upon the policy\r\n    of Palmerston can be demonstrated.\nResearches in the diplomatic correspondence of the\r\n    period, both in London and in Paris, have enabled\r\n    me to place in print, for the first time, many documents\r\n    bearing upon the part played by Talleyrand in\r\n    the Belgian question and upon the secret policy of\r\n    Louis Philippe in the same affair. In these pages\r\n    some new light has, I venture to think, been thrown\r\n    upon the situation in Spain during the regencies of\r\n    Christina and Espartero, and during the early years\r\n    of the rule of Isabella. 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Aber als Ergnzung dieser\r\ngewaltigen Nchternheit, die das Gesamtbild haben mu, ist\r\nuns die Darstellung des einzelnen Erlebnisses willkommen,\r\nin dem wir die Anfnge der groen Dinge spren und sehen.\r\nDie Tatsache ist das Entscheidende; aber ihre Farbe und\r\nmanchmal ihre Bedeutung erhlt sie dadurch, da sie in Handlung\r\noder im Unterlassen des einzelnen Menschen wurzelt,\r\nein einzelnes Menschenschicksal ist!\r\n\n\r\nHier ist ein Buch, das solch ein einzelnes Menschenschicksal\r\nerzhlt, in dem sich aber der Zusammenbruch der alten Welt\r\nin den Revolutionsjahren und der Aufstieg der neuen in\r\nNapoleon spiegelt, bis auch das Erdbeben und sein Sohn keine\r\nFaktoren eines weltpolitischen Lebens mehr sein konnten,\r\nsondern ihren Platz nchternen, aber gewaltigen Erscheinungen\r\nabtreten muten: der allgemeinen Wehrpflicht, dem allgemeinen\r\nStimmrecht, dem neuen Nationalstaat.\r\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 60712 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Friederich, Johann Konrad \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Nov 17, 2019 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: German \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor\u003c\/b\u003e: Rauscher, Ulrich, 1884-1930 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Friederich, Johann Konrad,1789-1858 \/ eBook \/ German","offer_id":43245918748829,"sku":"gb-60712-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/60712.webp?v=1672845361"},{"product_id":"vierzig-jahre-aus-dem-leben-eines-toten-band-2-gb-60768","title":"Vierzig Jahre aus dem Leben eines Toten. 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Das\r\nSchlimmste bei der Sache ist, da alle bedeutenden mter und\r\nStellen jetzt von Auslndern besetzt werden und man die\r\nFrankfurter, namentlich auch die Senatoren, ihre Familien\r\nund Verwandten, fast unbercksichtigt hintenansetzt und so\r\nweiter.\r\n\n\r\nWas mein guter Vater als das Schlimmste bezeichnete,\r\nwar eigentlich das Beste an der Sache und gereichte Frankfurt\r\nzum Vorteil; denn bisher hatte man, wie spter wieder,\r\nalle Stellen durchaus nur nach Gunst und Protektion an\r\nShne und Verwandte der einflureichsten Familien vergeben,\r\n\r\nohne nur im geringsten darnach zu fragen, ob das\r\nSubjekt einige Fhigkeiten zur Verrichtung der ihm obliegenden\r\nFunktionen besitze; so konnte zum Beispiel ein Talent,\r\nein Genie wie Klinger, nicht eine Torschreiberstelle erhalten,\r\nsondern wurde schnde an allen Senatorstren mit Impertinenzen\r\nund Grobheiten abgewiesen. Er hatte freilich nicht\r\neinmal die Protektion einer Senators- oder Brgermeisters-Kchin\r\noder Base (oft die beste). Da er den wohlfrsichtigen,\r\nhochgelehrten und so weiter Herren in seinem Faust und\r\nspter als kaiserlich russischer Generalleutnant ein wenig\r\narg mitgespielt, kann ihm niemand verargen. 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Bald sollte sie keine drei zhlen, bald fr sechse essen\r\nknnen, sich nur in Milch baden, nur Mehlspeise und Gebackenes\r\nzu sich nehmen; auch wollte man durchaus nicht\r\ngestatten, da Kaiser Franz ihr wirklicher Vater sei, und war\r\nso freigebig, ihr wenigstens ein halbes Hundert verschiedener\r\nVter anzudichten: der eine machte einen Baron Braun, der\r\nandere gar einen Daun dazu! Auch ber ihre Gestalt, ihren\r\nWuchs, ihre Zge, ihren Anzug, ihre Toilette, ihre Haltung\r\nsetzte man die lcherlichsten Dinge in Umlauf, erfand Hunderte\r\n\r\nvon Anekdoten, die sich an Unwahrscheinlichkeit und Absurditten\r\nberboten, und stellte Vergleiche zwischen ihr und\r\nJosephinen an, die natrlich immer zum Vorteil der letzteren\r\nausfielen. Endlich kamen die bei alldem von den Parisern\r\nherbeigewnschten Tage, an welchen die neue Kaiserin durch\r\nihr Erscheinen die Neugierde des ungeduldigen Volkes befriedigen\r\nsollte. Napoleon war ihr in Murats Begleitung,\r\nder sich auch schon eingefunden hatte, bis Compigne entgegengegangen.\r\nNach dem bekannt gemachten Programm\r\nsollte die erste Zusammenkunft in dem mittelsten der drei\r\nZelte, die zu diesem Zweck auf dem Weg nach Compigne aufgeschlagen\r\nwaren, stattfinden. Das Programm schrieb vor,\r\nda beide Majestten zu gleicher Zeit von zwei entgegengesetzten\r\nSeiten in das mittlere Zelt treten, Marie Louise\r\naber vor ihrem Gatten niederknien, der sie jedoch sogleich\r\naufheben und umarmen wrde, worauf sich beide niedersetzen\r\nsollten. Aber Napoleons Ungeduld machte alle von ihm selbst\r\nvorgeschriebenen Zeremonien und Etikette berflssig, indem\r\ner ganz inkognito in seinem grauen berrock das Schlo von\r\nCompigne durch eine kleine Pforte verlie, sich in eine\r\nunansehnliche Kalesche warf und in dem Augenblick zu Courcelles\r\nankam, als die Kuriere der jungen Kaiserin die Pferde\r\nbestellten. Hier stellte er sich, da es heftig regnete, unter die\r\nHalle einer Kirche, und als die Wagen der Ersehnten ankamen\r\nund man die Pferde wechselte, lief er an den Schlag der\r\nKutsche, in der Marie Louise sa, ffnete denselben, stieg schnell\r\nein, fiel seiner jungen, hchst erstaunten Gattin um den Hals\r\nund fuhr mit ihr zusammen nach Compigne zurck, wo er,\r\nwie man allgemein versicherte, die Nacht als Ehemann mit\r\nihr zubrachte. Am anderen Tag lie er um Mittag das\r\nFrhstck vor dem Bett der sehr mden Kaiserin servieren.\r\nAls dies zu Paris bekannt wurde, fand man es sehr genial.\r\nViele Personen waren dem hohen Paar entgegengefahren, auch\r\nich war bis an die Grenze des Departements der Seine geritten,\r\nwo dasselbe von dem Prfekten und den Autoritten des\r\nDepartements empfangen und bekomplimentiert wurde. Den\r\nFrsten Y. hatte das Podagra wieder an das Bett gefesselt.\r\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 60769 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Friederich, Johann Konrad \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Nov 23, 2019 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: German \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor\u003c\/b\u003e: Rauscher, Ulrich, 1884-1930 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Friederich, Johann Konrad,1789-1858 \/ eBook \/ German","offer_id":43245925236893,"sku":"gb-60769-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/60769.webp?v=1672845504"},{"product_id":"moslem-and-frank-gb-63390","title":"Moslem and Frank;","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoslem and Frank;\r - or, Charles Martel and the rescue of Europe from the threatened yoke of the Saracens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStory! bless youI have none to tell.Cannings Knifegrinder.\nIt is an old and trite saying: Good wine needs no\nbush, and even the finest and most flourishing bush will\nfail to put either body or flavor into the growth of a bad\nvintage. It is left to the reader of this little volume to\ndecide whether or not the author has succeeded in producing\nan acceptable and readable book.\nJuly 1, 1854.\n[Pg 1]\nARABIA AND ITS INHABITANTS.LIFE AND DOCTRINE\nOF MOHAMMED.\nThe Arabian peninsula, called by the natives Jesira-al-Arab,\nby the Persians and Turks Arabistan, forms the\nsouth-westernmost part of Asia. It is bounded on the\nnorth by Syria and the river Euphrates, on the east by the\nPersian Gulf, on the south by the Indian Ocean, on the\nwest by the Red Sea, or Arabian Gulf. Including the\nnorth-eastern desert, it occupies an area ten times the extent\nof that of Great Britain and Ireland. 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The date-palm is often the\nsolitary representative of vegetable life in these sterile tracts,\nwhich are scorched by a tropical sun, and hardly ever refreshed\nby a grateful shower. There are, however, some more\nfavored districts, where the fertile soil produces dates and\nother palms, tamarinds, vines, rice, sugar, figs, tobacco,\nindigo, cotton, durra,[2] coffee, gum, benzoin, frankincense,\nmanna, balsam, aloe, myrrh, spices, \u0026amp;c. The high lands in\nthe south-west, that border on the Indian Ocean, are\ndistinguished in this respect, above all other parts of\nArabia, by a more temperate air, superior fertility, and comparative\nabundance of wood and water. No wonder, then,\nthat the appellation happy, bestowed upon this blessed\nregion by Ptolemy, should have been generally adopted,\nalthough originating in a mistranslation of the word Yemen,\nthe Arabian name of this part of the peninsula, and which\ndoes not signify happy, but is simply meant to designate the\nland lying, with respect to the East, to the right of Mecca,\njust as Al-Sham (Syria) means the land to the left of that\ncity. Ptolemys division of the country into the sandy, the\npetraie, and the happy (Arabia Deserta, Petra, and Felix),\nis, however, unknown to the Arabians themselves, who speak\nonly of high land and low land. The epithet stony, so\ngenerally applied by geographers to the petraic division, is\nfounded in error: Ptolemy derived the word from Petra,\nthe name of the then flourishing capital of the Nabathans,\nand not from the Greek word petra, a rock or stone.\nPtolemys Arabia Petra forms now part of the province of\nHejaz, along the coast of the Red Sea. 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During these twenty days, masses were daily celebrated in the\r\nking's chapel, in the same manner as in his lifetime by the priests\r\nattached to it,after which, the service for the dead was celebrated.\r\nThe four orders of mendicant friars, and the canons from the different\r\ncolleges, daily performed alternate services. 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She received her PhD in the history and philosophy of science from the University of Leeds, and her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eAeon \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Emily Herring \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47283545211037,"sku":"9781541600942","price":50.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_6013e198-b8ff-4357-969b-dc5691c13c57.jpg?v=1759967438"}],"url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/collections\/history-europe-france.oembed","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}