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Excerpt from A Gentleman of the Olden Time, Vol. 1 of 2: Francois De Scepeaux, Sire De Vieilleville, 1509-1571; Portraits and Stories of the Sixteenth Century, During the Reign of Henry II., Form the French of Madame C. Coignet
Nor, for the matter of that, was my first conception modified. In making a summary of persons or contemporary events, in touch ing incidentally upon the questions of art and Science, my only object has been to provide a frame for the personages sketched.
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