Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 402
was forcedto pay dearly for the doubtful pleasure of wearinga crown. He was not bad at heart, and he diedmost royally and bravely; still, I cannot think his•character quite as perfect as some people will paint names, like any ordinary father. The queen, too,Henrietta Maria, was fond of her children… … BABIE STUART, DAUGHTER OF CHARLES I. ;it to you. He was sometimes weak, when heshould have been strong, and he was not alwaysso true to his friends and his people as he shouldhave been. But there is no doubt that he loved his little■sons and daughters with all the strength of his■warm, loving…
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