. 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 . s of foolhardy men who had ventured over-near warnedothers of their danger. The hired Scotch guards had orders to shoot any onewho approached unannounced, and there was as much parley over the openingof a gate, as if all the armies of France were gathering to storm the stronghold. Within; like an evil spirit, the trembling dotard wandered from room toroo


. 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 . s of foolhardy men who had ventured over-near warnedothers of their danger. The hired Scotch guards had orders to shoot any onewho approached unannounced, and there was as much parley over the openingof a gate, as if all the armies of France were gathering to storm the stronghold. Within; like an evil spirit, the trembling dotard wandered from room toroom of the endless suites, never sleeping in the same place twice in attendants were forbidden to mention death, and he wore round his caplittle leaden images of his favorite saints, to whom, not to his God, he prayedday after day, hypocritical, treacherous, blasphemous prayers to be spared thehorror he dared not name. Yet in the end, when death really came, Louis was the great king again,the man who had made France the powerful nation we shall find her throughall the rest of our story. He mourned only for the good he could no longerdo his country, and his last counsel to his young successor was to keep the landat peace. I. Francis I. Knighted by Bayard


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