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xii sells Louisiana to
Napoleon Bonaparte, concludes convention with United States, 146 ; acquires Louisiana, 146 ; sends Leclerc against Santo Domingo, 146 ; [Pg xii] sells Louisiana to United States, 149-50 ; his Berlin Decree, 187 ; his Milan Decree, 188 ; sequesters American vessels, 189-200 ; and the embargo, 191-92 ; revokes decrees, 200 .
— from Union and Democracy by Allen Johnson

XI SCENES LEADING TO
CHAPTER XI. SCENES LEADING TO THE CLIMAX.
— from The Four Canadian Highwaymen; Or, The Robbers of Markham Swamp by J. E. (Joseph Edmund) Collins

XIV she liked to
Like Louis XIV., she liked to be driven at a gallop.
— from The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History by Victor Hugo

X SOMEBODY LOSES THE
CHAPTER X. — SOMEBODY LOSES THE BOOKS When Harvey went to dinner in the evening he left a force of ten detectives guarding the offices.
— from The Short Line War by Samuel Merwin

xi Shakespeare loved to
where the King of Fairy Poets, [Pg xi] Shakespeare, loved to wander as a child and as a man.
— from The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and for the Children's Own Reading by Frances Jenkins Olcott

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