His throne has not descended to him by inheritance; so far as his kingly office is concerned, he is like Melchizedek, without father and without mother.
— from Patriarchal Palestine by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
The knowledge of it caused her infinite anguish, but it all came to an end; and she lived past her eightieth year, long after the death of Mme.
— from Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Vol 1-4, Complete by Lyndon Orr
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