. The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . Then, as the grain lay wasting on his subjects hands, heand his partners bought it for almost nothing. Other laws produced an artifi-cial famine, and the royal conspirators doled out food to the starving people atenormous prices. This hideous trafficking in starvation and death was repeatedagain and again. At length one of the members of the trust was tr
. The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . Then, as the grain lay wasting on his subjects hands, heand his partners bought it for almost nothing. Other laws produced an artifi-cial famine, and the royal conspirators doled out food to the starving people atenormous prices. This hideous trafficking in starvation and death was repeatedagain and again. At length one of the members of the trust was troubled inconscience, and half-confessed what was being done. He was promptly im-prisoned, but too late! The nation knew of this new and dastardly misuse of ooo The Story of the Greatest Nations the royal authority, this last and most shameful betrayal of the people by theirmaster. In 1/74, Louis once more fell ill, this time of malignant smallpox. Theonly fear of the nation now was that he would recover. He did not. He died,and his body was hurried into a coffin too small for it, and driven off at a gallopto the royal burial place in St. Denis, the people hooting and scoffing at theremains as they bumped along the road. ?- ^3 V .^ -^. X •^••^^v:-• The Battle of Malplaquet
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