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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: emperor. Faiwell, Count Andreossi. If you will accept my advice, you will set out this very day; for so soon as my dear Viennese learn that war is to break out in earnest, they will probably give vent to their enthusiasm in the most tumultuous and rapturous demonstrations, and I suppose it would be disagreeable to you to witness them. Farewell, sir He waved his hand toward the ambassador, bent his head slowly and haughtily, and left the reception-room without vouchsafing another glance to Count Andreossi. Now my brothers will be in ecstasies, said the emperor to himself, slowly walking up and down, his hands folded on his, back, in the sitting-room adjoining the reception-room. They will be angry, though, because I did not consult them, and decided the whole affair without listening to their wisdom. Your majesty, said a footman, who entered the room at this moment, their imperial highnesses, the Archdukes Charles and John, request an audience of your majesty. They are welcome, said the emperor, whose features were lit up by a faint smile. Show my brothers in. CHAPTER IV. THE EMPEROR AND HIS BROTHERS. A FEW minutes afterward the two archdukes entered the room of the emperor, who slowly went some steps to meet them, and greeted them with a grave, cold glance. Why, this is a rare spectacle, said Francis, sneeringly, to see my brothers side by side in such beautiful harmony. In truth, it was only wanting to me that even you two should be of the same opinion, and come to me for the purpose of inviting me, as Schiller says, to be the third in your league. Your majesty would always be the first in this league, said the Archduke John, in his clear, ringing voice; my brother would be the second, and I only the third. See, see, ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217777803 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217777805 |
| Weight | 1.22 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.84 In |
| List Price | $39.34 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 376 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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