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THE REVOLUTION OF PORTUGAL, AND DISGRACE OF THE PRIME MINISTER. A few days after the king's return, an alarming report prevailed at Madrid, that the Portuguese, considering the Catalan revolt a…
A DIFFICULT, BUT SUCCESSFUL WEANING FROM THE WORLD. THE MINISTER'S EMPLOYMENTS IN HIS RETREAT. Madame d'Olivarez staid behind her husband some few days, with the intention of trying what h…
A CHANGE IN HIS LORDSHIP FOR THE WORSE. THE MARVELLOUS CAUSE, AND MELANCHOLY CONSEQUENCES, OF HIS DEJECTION. His excellency sometimes amused himself with gardening, by way of variety. One day, as I …
THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE CASTLE OF LOECHES AFTER HIS LORDSHIP'S DEATH, AND THE COURSE WHICH SANTILLANE ADOPTED. The minister, according to his last injunctions, was buried without pomp and withou…
THE RETURN OF GIL BLAS TO HIS SEAT. HIS JOY AT FINDING HIS GODDAUGHTER SERAPHINA MARRIAGEABLE; AND HIS OWN SECOND VENTURE IN THE LOTTERY OF LOVE. We were a fortnight on our journey to Lirias, having…
A DOUBLE MARRIAGE, AND THE CONCLUSION OF THE HISTORY. By this discourse, Scipio encouraged me to declare myself, without considering how he exposed me to the danger of a refusal. My own resolution w…
