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Lorenzo was born January 1, 1449, when the second great period of the Renaissance was nearing its close.
She had latterly been in great doubt as to what the legal effects of her marriage would be upon her position; but no notice had been taken as yet of her change of name, and only one point was clear that in the event of her own or her husband's inability to meet the agent at the forthcoming January rent-day, very little consideration would be shown, and, for that matter, very little would be deserved.
During January, of 1865, Francis P. Blair having been permitted to pass both the Union and Rebel Army lines, showed to Mr.
Then they went forward with eighteen days' food on a surface that was 'beyond words, for it was covered with sandy snow, and, when the sun shone, even to move the sledge forward at the slowest pace was distressingly difficult. From the very beginning of the march on January 11 the pulling was heavy, but when the sun came out the surface became as bad as bad could be.
He passed the latter part of his life at Oxford; and deceased January 14th, 1753, aged 74. The character of this worthy prelate was expressed in few words by Bishop Atterbury, who, having heard much of him, wished to see him. Accordingly, he was one day introduced to him by the Earl of Berkeley. After some time, Mr.
For months there had been negotiations for the release of the British prisoners whom Akbar Khan had kept in durance ever since they came into his hands in the course of the disastrous retreat from Cabul in January, but they had been unsuccessful, and now it was known that the unfortunate company of officers, women, and children, had been carried off westward into the hill country of Bamian.
Unfortunately I shall be detained here for about another fortnight by the serious illness of Princess M. About January 20th "Tannhauser" and "Lohengrin" will again be given, and towards the end of the season Tichatschek will probably be there and take the part.
The provinces to be taken by outgoing consuls were decided before the elections in this case they were Cilicia and Spain. But the ornatio usually took place after the consuls had entered on their office, i.e., after the 1st of January. For this year, however we don't know why it had taken place before the 1st of December, B.C. 58.
The weather was cold and the sick lady had the dreadful chills that accompany the hectic fever of consumption. She lay on the bed wrapped in her husband's great-coat, with a large tortoise-shell cat in her bosom." On one Saturday in January, 1847, Virginia died.
The future inexorable pendant to the present he took care not to face, for fear of breaking up his untroubled manner; but he made plans to renew this time in places still more delightful, where the sun was hot and there were strange things to see and paint. The end came swiftly on the 20th of January with a telegram: "Have enlisted in Imperial Yeomanry.
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