The Metropolitan Magazine, Volumes 5-6Theodore Foster, 1838 |
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... Jules , that son's young wife and children , and a simple domestic , or rather follower , found upon the Baron's estate in La Vendée , took refuge , though an inse- cure refuge , in Paris , after his family mansion in the south had been ...
... Jules , that son's young wife and children , and a simple domestic , or rather follower , found upon the Baron's estate in La Vendée , took refuge , though an inse- cure refuge , in Paris , after his family mansion in the south had been ...
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from Jules ' want of a proper sense of the shocking dangers to which they were ex- posed ; he had no such fault to find with Dominique . That individual was enough terror - stricken for all the purposes of cau- tion , and ( extremes ...
from Jules ' want of a proper sense of the shocking dangers to which they were ex- posed ; he had no such fault to find with Dominique . That individual was enough terror - stricken for all the purposes of cau- tion , and ( extremes ...
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... Jules return- topic . He again whisked to the window , when his master , the baron , entered the room , and called out , " Dominique , dolt ! bête ! how often have I told you not to ex- hibit your fright - stricken visage at my window ...
... Jules return- topic . He again whisked to the window , when his master , the baron , entered the room , and called out , " Dominique , dolt ! bête ! how often have I told you not to ex- hibit your fright - stricken visage at my window ...
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... Jules . " Nothing " whispered the girl to her lover ; then turning to the baron , " No such The anxious father revolved the hints he had just caught . Jules in great danger- and how ? The name of Emilie Duches- nois had indeed been ...
... Jules . " Nothing " whispered the girl to her lover ; then turning to the baron , " No such The anxious father revolved the hints he had just caught . Jules in great danger- and how ? The name of Emilie Duches- nois had indeed been ...
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... Jules ! " faintly screamed Blanche , tak- ing. heart . " CHAPTER III . Blanche , her arms crossed gently , and her fair hands folding over them , like any old - fashioned queen at her own birth - day levee , slowly advanced over the ...
... Jules ! " faintly screamed Blanche , tak- ing. heart . " CHAPTER III . Blanche , her arms crossed gently , and her fair hands folding over them , like any old - fashioned queen at her own birth - day levee , slowly advanced over the ...
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