Vulgar words in Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality. French. (Page 1)
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Small of stature, almost dwarfish in size, emaciated by rigid austerities, angular and ungainly in form, clad in a woollen tunic over which he wore a serge cloak that came down to his heels, his head and feet bare, and mounted on an ass that seemed to have practised the same austerities as its master, this singular person rode up and down the land, rousing everywhere as he went the wildest enthusiasm.
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A crimson tide flowed in the streets of Paris deep enough to damn the infamous Catherine de' Medici and her confederates.
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In the evening the king played at piquet, the cavaliers and ladies promenaded through the splendidly-furnished and richly-lighted saloons, some cracked jokes on sofas, some made love in alcoves, still all went well.