The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Abdication of James the Second, 1688, Том 4

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Phillips Sampson & Company, 1854

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Стр. 341 - In her family, in her court, in her kingdom, she remained equally mistress: the force of the tender passions was great over her, but the force of her mind was still superior; and the combat which her victory visibly cost her, serves only to display the firmness of her resolution, and the loftiness of her ambitious sentiments.
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