Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 5 . c been at \ fH them-under ill. en crs the ar- ind were tenified to !h, electri- nightfall -nly seven her assertion ? nis and >• were 1 first so t1 ut ihe . .!i^ it to OaA 90 KAQJ. in his cas- YR irmy now became so xoajiTAHo aa aHUAj-aos .aww ^, that he finally, with ,...v,, 1 royes and Chalons onre, on the followinp; day, the. the crown of France. )S- ire , I :nv father ly li and lodged atned, still exist iiwf fdiirlnng to nat rill , . -.,..;e
Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 5 . c been at \ fH them-under ill. en crs the ar- ind were tenified to !h, electri- nightfall -nly seven her assertion ? nis and >• were 1 first so t1 ut ihe . .!i^ it to OaA 90 KAQJ. in his cas- YR irmy now became so xoajiTAHo aa aHUAj-aos .aww ^, that he finally, with ,...v,, 1 royes and Chalons onre, on the followinp; day, the. the crown of France. )S- ire , I :nv father ly li and lodged atned, still exist iiwf fdiirlnng to nat rill , . -.,..;ed , mit her to Uiat the king ^AURKDK viOyiaTUiC VKfui^i JOAN OF ARC 119 would remove all impost from the village of Domremy, in place of bestowmg atitle upon her family as he offered to do. For three hundred years her requestwas obeyed. From this time to the tragic end, the story of Joans life is a hardone to relate. Although we are Hearing the fifth centennial of her birth, therecital of her sufferings and death must still wring tears from every heart whichis not made of stone. The feeling of jealousy which great success, of even themost worthy and noble souls, arouses in meaner natures, had already sprung upagainst Joan. This feeling increased as the days passed by and she added moreand more to her glory by the conquest of Laon, Soissons, Compiegne, and Beau-vais. Paris was next besieged, and here Joan was seriously wounded, an eventwhich depressed the king and the army. Her wound disabled her from action, and she was left lymg on the field untilc-vening, neglected, and seemingly forgotten. Already conscious of the gro
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