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—Her shoes—Her food—Her house a show—Balzac's extravagance—Sir Walter Scott ruined by his house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| XXXVII. TRIAL OF JEANNE DARC, COMMONLY CALLED JOAN OF ARC. | ||
Rome refuses to canonize the Maid—Manuscript reports of her trial—Her native village—France in 1428—A divided allegiance—The Maid's real name—Her character in childhood—Her youth—Effect of Catholic habits—Her commanding presence—Her voices—A revival of religion in the French army—Politicians—Her brilliant career—Her capture—Attempt to escape—In chains at Rouen Castle—The court convened—The prisoner examined—She relates her early life—Her firmness—The public sermon—She recants—Sentenced to perpetual imprisonment—Again in chains—Resumes her man's dress—She revokes her recantation—Burned at the stake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| XXXVIII. HARRIET MARTINEAU. | ||
Her philanthropic severity—Anecdote of Sydney Smith—Her sorrowful childhood—Her education—Begins to write—Discovery of her secret—In the United States—Attends a meeting of abolitionists—Her speech—Odium resulting—Her religious opinions—Florence Nightingale upon her death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| XXXIX. THE WIFE OF LAFAYETTE. | ||
Mysterious power of rank—Prince of Wales in New York—Lafayette among the Six Nations—Revisits them in 1784—The treaty of Fort Schuyler—Anecdote of Red Jacket—Origin of Lafayette's republicanism—Stationed at Metz—Dines with the Duke of Gloucester—The news from America—Determines to join the insurgents—Ancestry of Madame de Lafayette—Their marriage—He sets sail—Their correspondence—He describes his wound—He returns to France—Brilliancy of their position at court—The French Revolution—Madame escapes the guillotine—Intercedes for her husband with the Emperor of Austria—Shares his imprisonment—Her premature death—Her descendants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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