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Extraordinary History Of Jacqueline, Countess Of Hainault.
of the fraternity by the acclamations of the peasants . She also pecsr sionally amused herself in framing vases of earthen-ware , several of which being found in the gardens of the castle of Teylingen , were retained as relics by the people , devoted to the memory of their charming mistress ; and are still preserved in the cabinets of the curiousunder the name of the vases of the Lady Jacqueline .
, In this manner the sovereign of Hainault , Holland , and Zealand , with a husband whom she adored , and by whom she was adored , passed the remainder of her days , and was repeatedly heard . to say , that she enjoyed more solid satisfaction in this retreat than she had ever experienced in the height of her grandeur . But the misfortunes of her life had already too sensibly affected a princess of her high
spirit . Pier constitution had been gradually impaired , and a lingering consumption carried her to the grave on the 8 th of October 143 6 , in the thirty-seventh year of her age . The body was interred with royal pomp among the sepulchres of the Counts of Holland ; . ¦ and those honours were paid to her last remains which had been refused to her when alive .
Some Particulars Of The Life And Character Of Kosciusko.
SOME PARTICULARS OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF KOSCIUSKO .
THIS celebrated chief of the Poles is about the age of forty-two ; he is of the Nobles , but , his family being poor , he was educated at the School of the Cadets . The rulers of this establishment give ( he king the power of sending annually four cadets into foreign countries to perfect themselvesKosciusko was of the number of these
. selected youths sent into France , where he resided four years , and returned with the reputation of a rery skilful engineer . The king gave him a company in the regiment of the Artillery of the Crown . Though rich in the gifts of mind , the person of this officer is , it seems , mean and pitiful ; but even with this disadvantage he had the address to captivate the affections of a young'lady of the first quality , and it to
finding impossible gain the consent of her parents , he persuaded her to elope from them . The father enraged pursued the ravisher , in company with some other of his relations . The lovers were overtaken and overpowered , and Kosciusko had not only the mortification of losing his bride , but of receiving in the fray manual chastisement . Dishonouredhe quitted Poland in despairSome time after thishe
, . , appeared in America in the rank of adjutant of Washington . At the peace he returned to France , where the French officers who had served in America , and Dr . Franklin , always spoke of him as a man to whom America was much indebted .
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Extraordinary History Of Jacqueline, Countess Of Hainault.
of the fraternity by the acclamations of the peasants . She also pecsr sionally amused herself in framing vases of earthen-ware , several of which being found in the gardens of the castle of Teylingen , were retained as relics by the people , devoted to the memory of their charming mistress ; and are still preserved in the cabinets of the curiousunder the name of the vases of the Lady Jacqueline .
, In this manner the sovereign of Hainault , Holland , and Zealand , with a husband whom she adored , and by whom she was adored , passed the remainder of her days , and was repeatedly heard . to say , that she enjoyed more solid satisfaction in this retreat than she had ever experienced in the height of her grandeur . But the misfortunes of her life had already too sensibly affected a princess of her high
spirit . Pier constitution had been gradually impaired , and a lingering consumption carried her to the grave on the 8 th of October 143 6 , in the thirty-seventh year of her age . The body was interred with royal pomp among the sepulchres of the Counts of Holland ; . ¦ and those honours were paid to her last remains which had been refused to her when alive .
Some Particulars Of The Life And Character Of Kosciusko.
SOME PARTICULARS OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF KOSCIUSKO .
THIS celebrated chief of the Poles is about the age of forty-two ; he is of the Nobles , but , his family being poor , he was educated at the School of the Cadets . The rulers of this establishment give ( he king the power of sending annually four cadets into foreign countries to perfect themselvesKosciusko was of the number of these
. selected youths sent into France , where he resided four years , and returned with the reputation of a rery skilful engineer . The king gave him a company in the regiment of the Artillery of the Crown . Though rich in the gifts of mind , the person of this officer is , it seems , mean and pitiful ; but even with this disadvantage he had the address to captivate the affections of a young'lady of the first quality , and it to
finding impossible gain the consent of her parents , he persuaded her to elope from them . The father enraged pursued the ravisher , in company with some other of his relations . The lovers were overtaken and overpowered , and Kosciusko had not only the mortification of losing his bride , but of receiving in the fray manual chastisement . Dishonouredhe quitted Poland in despairSome time after thishe
, . , appeared in America in the rank of adjutant of Washington . At the peace he returned to France , where the French officers who had served in America , and Dr . Franklin , always spoke of him as a man to whom America was much indebted .