 | 1854
...as the nurserygarden of gentlemen. The Marquis de Montrevel was the greatgrandson of that Mar£chal de Montrevel whose renown became so unhappily celebrated...suffered from his cruelties. At an early age the Marquis de Montrevel seemed to feel the painfulness of his situation, which gave him rather a melancholy turn... | |
 | 720 pàgines
...service of your brush and palette." That " grand seigneur," who never did a wrong to any man in his life, and whose good deeds are now all forgotten,...of Nantes. He was the intimate friend of Baville, hut less of a cringing courtier, although quite as ardent and inflexible as the Intendent of Languedoc... | |
 | William Henry Dabney - 1888 - 220 pàgines
...County, Virginia. His family were Huguenots, who spelt their names D'Auhigne', and who fled from France during the persecutions which followed the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Our traditions do not inform us how long the family remained in England, but the change of spelling... | |
 | Sir Frederick Maurice - 1913 - 326 pàgines
...historical fact, that just as the cruelties of Alva sent Dutchmen to Africa, so the atrocities committed during the persecutions which followed the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes sent Frenchmen there. I have very carefully examined that story both on the spot in Paris and in England.... | |
 | Sir Frederick Maurice - 1913 - 324 pàgines
...historical fact, that just as the cruelties of Alva sent Dutchmen to Africa, so the atrocities committed during the persecutions which followed the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes sent Frenchmen there. I have very carefully examined that story both on the spot in Paris and in England.... | |
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Mar£chal de Montrevel whose renown became so unhappily celebrated during the persecutions which followed the revocation of the edict of Nantes. He was the intimate friend of Baville, but less of a cringing courtier, although quite as ardent and inflexible... 