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The restoration

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(Eng. Hist.) the return of King Charles II. in 1660, and the reëstablishment of monarchy.

See also: Restoration



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The Restoration Period, from the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to the death of Dryden in 1700.
Both the parents died before the Restoration, leaving the little girl to the care of her pious grandmother, la vicomtesse, who survived, in a feeble old age, to descant on the former grandeur of her house, and to sigh, in common with so many others, for le bon vieux temps.
The restoration of the independence of his race was the idol of his heart, to which he had willingly sacrificed domestic happiness and the interests of his own son.
 
 
 
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