The Village of Mariendorpt, Vol. 1 of 4: A Tale (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from The Village of Mariendorpt, Vol. 1 of 4: A Tale

Beore the Reader pays me the compli ment of reading the following Tale, I must beg him to give a moment's atten tion to my account of the circumstances under which it has been written.

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Excerpt from The Village of Mariendorpt, Vol. 1 of 4: A Tale

Hlther kindred and friends, some with pleased and others with galled feelings, flocked from camp and court to grace the proud occasion. Those who esteemed the favourite, or hoped to profit by his elevation, saw in these new distinctions, only additional proofs of their Prince's discerning affection: but the judicious silenced their surprize at such lavish bounty, and the envious their repinings, by reflecting that it was policy in Maxi. Milian (whose views upon the crown of the Romans were already apparent) thus to attach the husband of a high-spirited woman, whose influence over her own powerful family was known to be omni potent.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.