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"It was considered at the time a striking proof of virtue in the young king that he was sorry for his father's death;but, as common subjects have that virtue too, sometimes, we will say no more about it."
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"We must leave the discovery of this mystery, like all others, to time, and accident, and Heaven's pleasure."
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"It's over and can't be helped and that's one consolation as they always say in Turkey when they cut the wrong man's head off."
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