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"Sire, he is about as tall as the Grand-duke of Berg," said Duroc.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan
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Just then the door opened, and the _valet de chambre_ appeared, announcing a courier just arrived, who desired to deliver to his majesty dispatches from the Grand-duke of Berg.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan
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The Grand-duke of Berg sends him to your majesty as a trophy of your victory.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan
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The Grand-duke of Berg has sent me excellent news.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan
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If they do not change their mind very speedily, I shall send for the Grand-duke of
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan
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The Emperor Alexander of Russia, during his late sojourn at this place, gave me a large order in reference to a wedding-gift for the betrothed of the Grand-duke Constantine.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan
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And this other match is the Empress; this one is the Tsarevitch; and that one is the Grand-duke Alexander; and these are the other granddukes.
The Secret of the Night Gaston Leroux 1897
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The Grand-duke of Tuscany, who was compelled by Hood's fleet to break off intercourse with the republic in the summer of 1793, was restored to his former state of neutrality by a treaty with France.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration William Hunt 1886
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The Grand-duke, indeed, preferred his old service of gold plate, and would have had the lad a virtuoso in nothing less costly than gold -- gold snuff-boxes.
Imaginary Portraits Walter Pater 1866
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Grand-duke perforce, he would make her his wife, and had already re-assured her with lively mockery of his horrified ministers.
Imaginary Portraits Walter Pater 1866
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