The House of Elmore. A Family History |
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الصفحة 15 - THE ANSYREEH AND ISMAELEEH : A VISIT TO THE SECRET SECTS OF NORTHERN SYRIA, WITH A VIEW TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOLS. BY THE REV. S. LYDE, MA, LATE CHAPLAIN AT BEYROUT.
الصفحة 5 - ... manners of the age of which she was herself the brightest ornament. The published and manuscript documents and letters relating to the life of Marguerite of Navarre, and which are indispensable to a correct biography of this queen, are widely dispersed. The author has spared no cost or trouble in endeavouring to obtain all that were likely to elucidate her character and conduct.
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الصفحة 5 - THE LIFE OF MARGUERITE D'ANGOULEME, QUEEN of NAVARRE, SISTER of FRANCIS I. From numerous original sources, including MS. Documents in the Bibliotheque Imperiale, and the Archives du Royaume de France, and the Private Correspondence of Queen Marguerite with Francis I, &c.
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الصفحة 4 - A fascinating book. The history of such a woman as the beautiful, impulsive, earnest, and affectionate Marie de Medicis could only be done justice to by a female pen, impelled by all the sympathies of womanhood, but strengthened by an erudition by which it is not In every case accompanied.