The Memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton: Containing the Histories of Louis XI and Charles VIII, Kings of France and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, Volume 1G. Bell, 1906 |
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... managed his Affairs after the Duke's Death · 342 CH . XI . - How the King of France seized upon Abbeville after the Death of the Duke of Burgundy , and the Answer he received from the Inhabitants of Arras CH . XII . - A Digression ( not ...
... managed his Affairs after the Duke's Death · 342 CH . XI . - How the King of France seized upon Abbeville after the Death of the Duke of Burgundy , and the Answer he received from the Inhabitants of Arras CH . XII . - A Digression ( not ...
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... managed , I can give The duke's answer is given in full by Monstrelet , vol . ii . pp . 303- 304 ( Bohn's edition . ) † Charles VIL , King of France , son of Charles VI . and Isabel of Bavaria , was born on the 22nd of February , 1402 ...
... managed , I can give The duke's answer is given in full by Monstrelet , vol . ii . pp . 303- 304 ( Bohn's edition . ) † Charles VIL , King of France , son of Charles VI . and Isabel of Bavaria , was born on the 22nd of February , 1402 ...
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... managed , that several years after , the match was concluded ; and he moreover accepted the order of the garter † , and wore it to his death . Many such like actions as this have happened in the world upon suspicion only , especially ...
... managed , that several years after , the match was concluded ; and he moreover accepted the order of the garter † , and wore it to his death . Many such like actions as this have happened in the world upon suspicion only , especially ...
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... managed by a fool . This kind of treaties ought likewise to be managed at a distance , and not near his camp ; and when his plenipo- tentiaries return , he ought to hear them alone , or in as little company as he can , that if their ...
... managed by a fool . This kind of treaties ought likewise to be managed at a distance , and not near his camp ; and when his plenipo- tentiaries return , he ought to hear them alone , or in as little company as he can , that if their ...
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... managed by such as are only subservient to their pleasures . However , those princes who have any understanding , do quickly recollect themselves when they are in distress , and find their mistake ; and so I observed our king did , as ...
... managed by such as are only subservient to their pleasures . However , those princes who have any understanding , do quickly recollect themselves when they are in distress , and find their mistake ; and so I observed our king did , as ...
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