 | 1839 - 756 pages
...make him miserable ; — and it was so kind of him to wish to marry her. He had been so good natured, too; he was such a great man ; and yet he talked as...woman ! — and a married woman ! A Countess, too 1 how well it would sound! " Helen Montgomerys !" Charming ! Such a sweet name ! She must write it... | |
 | François Pierre G. Guizot - 1873 - 654 pages
...to enable them to recover what belonged to them;" and Louis XL was a patriotic king when he declared that " there was nothing in the world he would not do to thrust the king of England out of the realm, and, rather than suffer the English to have a bit of territory... | |
 | François Guizot, Madame de Witt (Henriette Elizabeth) - 1884 - 602 pages
...greatest expedition, and every one had to lend somewhat to help to supply it on the spot. The king said that there was nothing in the world he would not do to thrust the king of England out of the realm, save only that he would never consent that the English... | |
 | Guizot (M., François) - 1884 - 598 pages
...greatest expedition, and every one had to lend somewhat to help to supply it on the spot. The king said that there was nothing in the world he would not do to thrust the king of England out of the realm, save only that he would never consent that the English... | |
 | François Guizot, Madame de Witt - 1898 - 498 pages
...greatest expedition, and every one had to lend somewhat to help to supply it on the spot. The king said that there was nothing in the world he would not do to thrust the king of England out of the realm, save only that he would never consent that the English... | |
 | Isobel Dorothy Thornley - 1920 - 330 pages
...personal characteristics, and that he was very fond of ease and pleasure. . . . And the King concluded that there was nothing in the world he would not do to get the King of England out of the realm, except that he would never on any account consent that they... | |
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... the peace of Pecquigny. Charles himself acknowledged as much when, in his wrath at this treaty, he said, "He had not sought to bring over the English into France for any need he had of them, but to enable them to recover what belonged to them;" and... 