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... Gustaf Adolf Story of Count Wasaborg - Gustaf III.'s letter to his poor cousin — Isle of Saro - Youthful volunteers - The Viking's grave and eagle's 157 nest CHAPTER XIV . Marstrand Castle - The " manet , " or sea - nettle cure ...
... Gustaf Adolf Story of Count Wasaborg - Gustaf III.'s letter to his poor cousin — Isle of Saro - Youthful volunteers - The Viking's grave and eagle's 157 nest CHAPTER XIV . Marstrand Castle - The " manet , " or sea - nettle cure ...
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... Gustaf III ... -- - CHAPTER XXXI . -- 357 Gustaf III . His birth - Ill - temper and never - ending colics of the queen - mother - His education and forced marriage - Royal fêtes and their difficulties - Abuse of the princess his wife ...
... Gustaf III ... -- - CHAPTER XXXI . -- 357 Gustaf III . His birth - Ill - temper and never - ending colics of the queen - mother - His education and forced marriage - Royal fêtes and their difficulties - Abuse of the princess his wife ...
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... Gustaf Wasa's economy - -Trousseau of his daughter Catherine - Relics of Gustaf Adolf- Queen Maria Eleanora founds the order of the Crowned Heart Garments of Charles XII . - Masquerade dress of Gustavus III . - Legend of De la Gardie ...
... Gustaf Wasa's economy - -Trousseau of his daughter Catherine - Relics of Gustaf Adolf- Queen Maria Eleanora founds the order of the Crowned Heart Garments of Charles XII . - Masquerade dress of Gustavus III . - Legend of De la Gardie ...
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... Gustaf would have dissolved the marriage , but his mother begged him not to set his subjects an example of divorce . He yielded , yet to his dying day , though married to another , the memory of this early love cast a gloom over his ...
... Gustaf would have dissolved the marriage , but his mother begged him not to set his subjects an example of divorce . He yielded , yet to his dying day , though married to another , the memory of this early love cast a gloom over his ...
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... Gustaf became king , and all was for a season well again . There are many pictures of the Dutch and Flemish schools - Jordaens , Camphuysen , * and others ; family portraits by Angelica Kauffmann ; and pastels of ex- quisite beauty by ...
... Gustaf became king , and all was for a season well again . There are many pictures of the Dutch and Flemish schools - Jordaens , Camphuysen , * and others ; family portraits by Angelica Kauffmann ; and pastels of ex- quisite beauty by ...
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