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It dwindled towards the end, with a flurry of malicious enterprise, and then a procession to endorse the the villain. At the last pages was a well needed but timid love scene.

It was a happiness to finally end the book.

Karenhappuch was one of Jobe‘s daughters born after his trials were over

Keren-happuch was the youngest of the three beautiful daughters of Job, named in the Bible as given to him in the later part of his life, after God made Job prosperous again

Pandemonium also means disorder and wild uproar

In Milton’s Paradise lost the principal city, the domain of Lucifer was called pandemonium, the city of Demons

Elizabeth emboldening her troops before the Armada

I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king

I met a few friends in the army like that. But their rank was too low for true friendship. It would fracture the stability of the universe. Let’s attempt to prepare you so that doesn’t happen.

Man and wife in a pot of tea

On contrary Agrippina was excessively indulgent of her darling son, Nero.

Didn’t they call the very grand the haute volee ?
The highfliers?

When lit, it didn't give off a clean flame. It produced a large, bright, but highly flickering, smoky, and hissing fire. It would frequently drip hot, burning black tar or grease onto the ground, requiring the person holding it to grip it far down the handle to avoid getting burned