Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3Hurd and Houghton, 1874 |
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Page 125
... King - at - arms . The judges in their vestments of state attended to give advice on points of law . Near a hundred and seventy lords , three fourths of the Upper House as the Upper House then was , walked in solemn order from their ...
... King - at - arms . The judges in their vestments of state attended to give advice on points of law . Near a hundred and seventy lords , three fourths of the Upper House as the Upper House then was , walked in solemn order from their ...
Page 149
... King of Poland , early in the seventeenth cen- tury , the investiture of the duchy of Prussia . Even after this accession of territory , the chiefs of the house of Hohenzollern hardly ranked with the Electors of Saxony and Bavaria . The ...
... King of Poland , early in the seventeenth cen- tury , the investiture of the duchy of Prussia . Even after this accession of territory , the chiefs of the house of Hohenzollern hardly ranked with the Electors of Saxony and Bavaria . The ...
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... King with an air not unlike that with which the Count in Molière's play regards Monsieur Jourdain , just fresh from the mummery of being made a gentleman . Austria exacted large sacrifices in return for her recognition , and at last ...
... King with an air not unlike that with which the Count in Molière's play regards Monsieur Jourdain , just fresh from the mummery of being made a gentleman . Austria exacted large sacrifices in return for her recognition , and at last ...
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... King , who hated all faults except those to which he was himself inclined , and who conceived that he made am- ple atonement to Heaven for his brutality , by holding the softer passions in detestation . The Prince Royal , too , was not ...
... King , who hated all faults except those to which he was himself inclined , and who conceived that he made am- ple atonement to Heaven for his brutality , by holding the softer passions in detestation . The Prince Royal , too , was not ...
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... King uttered now and then a ferocious growl at the diversions of Rheinsberg . But his health was broken ; his end was approaching , and his vigour was impaired . He had only one pleasure left , that of seeing tall soldiers . He could ...
... King uttered now and then a ferocious growl at the diversions of Rheinsberg . But his health was broken ; his end was approaching , and his vigour was impaired . He had only one pleasure left , that of seeing tall soldiers . He could ...
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