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... late Mr. Brewer , who made so deep a study of Wolsey's administration , and analyzed his character to its very ele- ments , attributes his taste for the magnificent to its true motives . " He was resolved , " he says , " to invest his ...
... late Mr. Brewer , who made so deep a study of Wolsey's administration , and analyzed his character to its very ele- ments , attributes his taste for the magnificent to its true motives . " He was resolved , " he says , " to invest his ...
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... late Cardinal's , remarks with particularity on the " galleries , which are long porticoes or halls , without chambers , with windows on each side , looking on gardens or rivers , the ceilings being mar- vellously wrought in stone with ...
... late Cardinal's , remarks with particularity on the " galleries , which are long porticoes or halls , without chambers , with windows on each side , looking on gardens or rivers , the ceilings being mar- vellously wrought in stone with ...
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... late , without grudging , mumbling or talking of the King's pastime ; late or early going to bed ; " nor to repeat any Court gossip , -regulations which , we suppose - such is the discreetness of modern courtiers would now be entirely ...
... late , without grudging , mumbling or talking of the King's pastime ; late or early going to bed ; " nor to repeat any Court gossip , -regulations which , we suppose - such is the discreetness of modern courtiers would now be entirely ...
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... late King's will should be carried out , and that the executors whom he had nominated should be appointed to act as guardians of the kingdom during the minority of the King . But the news of what was brewing in London being secretly ...
... late King's will should be carried out , and that the executors whom he had nominated should be appointed to act as guardians of the kingdom during the minority of the King . But the news of what was brewing in London being secretly ...
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... late hour was enough to fill even her stout heart with apprehension . While she hastily prepared herself for the meeting , visions of imprison- ments , visions of the rack , possibly of murder or the scaffold , floated before her ...
... late hour was enough to fill even her stout heart with apprehension . While she hastily prepared herself for the meeting , visions of imprison- ments , visions of the rack , possibly of murder or the scaffold , floated before her ...
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