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OME three hundred years ago , there lived in the good old city of Ghent a rich
clothier and banker , by name Karl Rosenfelt . He was a man of mark and note ,
sage in counsel and eloquent in speech , a shrewd man of business , but , above
all ...
OME three hundred years ago , there lived in the good old city of Ghent a rich
clothier and banker , by name Karl Rosenfelt . He was a man of mark and note ,
sage in counsel and eloquent in speech , a shrewd man of business , but , above
all ...
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Karl Rosenfelt lived in a grand old house , where he kept a good table , and
where many a state affair had been discussed , to say nothing of the money that
had changed hands . Karl negotiated loans even to princes ; and although not an
...
Karl Rosenfelt lived in a grand old house , where he kept a good table , and
where many a state affair had been discussed , to say nothing of the money that
had changed hands . Karl negotiated loans even to princes ; and although not an
...
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Karl was astonished to find his daughter in tears one morning , and still more so
that she could not explain why . ... Karl was wont to sit in the evening in a large
old - fashioned arm - chair , by a table , in a room furnished in the antique
Flemish ...
Karl was astonished to find his daughter in tears one morning , and still more so
that she could not explain why . ... Karl was wont to sit in the evening in a large
old - fashioned arm - chair , by a table , in a room furnished in the antique
Flemish ...
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I have the honour to address the worthy and respected burgher of Ghent , Karl
Rosenfelt ? ' said the youth , in a shrill , agitated tone . “ My name is Karl
Rosenfelt , ' replied the other , much astonished . Have you forgotten your elder
brother ...
I have the honour to address the worthy and respected burgher of Ghent , Karl
Rosenfelt ? ' said the youth , in a shrill , agitated tone . “ My name is Karl
Rosenfelt , ' replied the other , much astonished . Have you forgotten your elder
brother ...
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Karl was never tired of hearing him speak . He made him relate all he knew of his
father ' s life . He knew not much , having lost , his mother when young , and
being then left to the care of a quiet family in a village near Mexico city ; but he
knew ...
Karl was never tired of hearing him speak . He made him relate all he knew of his
father ' s life . He knew not much , having lost , his mother when young , and
being then left to the care of a quiet family in a village near Mexico city ; but he
knew ...
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Էջ 7 - The starry host, rode brightest, till the Moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.
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