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His Grace of Osmonde
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Title: His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Release Date: April 18, 2005 [EBook #15651]
Language: English
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HIS GRACE OF OSMONDE
[Illustration: "'From this night all men shall kneel--all men on whom I deign to cast my eyes'"--See p 187]
HIS GRACE OF OSMONDE
BEING THE PORTIONS OF THAT NOBLEMAN'S LIFE OMITTED IN THE RELATION OF HIS LADY'S STORY PRESENTED TO THE WORLD OF FASHION UNDER THE TITLE OF A LADY OF QUALITY
BY
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1914
1897, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
_Were Nature just to Man from his first hour, he need not ask for Mercy; then 'tis for us--the toys of Nature--to be both just and merciful, for so only can the wrongs she does be undone_.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE FIFTH DAY OF APRIL, 1676 1
II. "HE IS THE KING" 13
III. SIR JEOFFRY WILDAIRS 26
IV. "GOD HAVE