Excerpt from The Story of an Abduction in the Seventeenth Century Heer Rixen did not deem it amiss that she should spend a portion Of the year at the Hague; in the first place, because after her parents' death it was too lonely for her to live in the deserted home, and also because here in the capital he could have her more under his Own eye. The young lady her self had no Objection, and although the councillor, being unmarried, could make no arrangements for receiving her in his own house, there was no lack Of blood ...
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Excerpt from The Story of an Abduction in the Seventeenth Century Heer Rixen did not deem it amiss that she should spend a portion Of the year at the Hague; in the first place, because after her parents' death it was too lonely for her to live in the deserted home, and also because here in the capital he could have her more under his Own eye. The young lady her self had no Objection, and although the councillor, being unmarried, could make no arrangements for receiving her in his own house, there was no lack Of blood relations who declared themselves willing to give the young heiress a home, nor Of elder aunts or cousins who would make it their pleas ure to procure her introduction to the lead ing ladies of society at the Hague. That she was received with open arms on her first appearance there in 1663 is beyond a doubt. Whoever may look for a welcome from the world Of fashion none are more sure of it than a young girl who unites gen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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