Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent, 1919 |
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... followed the downfall of the Roman Empire , Italy had preserved , in a far greater degree than any other part of Western Europe , the traces of ancient civilisation . The night which descended upon her was the night of an Arctic summer ...
... followed the downfall of the Roman Empire , Italy had preserved , in a far greater degree than any other part of Western Europe , the traces of ancient civilisation . The night which descended upon her was the night of an Arctic summer ...
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... followed . Left to the conduct of men who neither loved those whom they defended , nor hated those whom they opposed , who were often bound by stronger ties to the army against which they fought than to the State which they served , who ...
... followed . Left to the conduct of men who neither loved those whom they defended , nor hated those whom they opposed , who were often bound by stronger ties to the army against which they fought than to the State which they served , who ...
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... followed from this state of things were still more remarkable . Among the rude nations which lay beyond the Alps , valour was absolutely indispensable . Without it none could be eminent ; few could be secure . Cowardice was , therefore ...
... followed from this state of things were still more remarkable . Among the rude nations which lay beyond the Alps , valour was absolutely indispensable . Without it none could be eminent ; few could be secure . Cowardice was , therefore ...
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... followed the Albigensian crusade , the power of the Papacy had been at the height . Frederic the Second , the ablest and most accomplished of the long line of German Cæsars , had in vain exhausted all the resources of military and ...
... followed the Albigensian crusade , the power of the Papacy had been at the height . Frederic the Second , the ablest and most accomplished of the long line of German Cæsars , had in vain exhausted all the resources of military and ...
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... followed was a war for the equilibrium of Europe . When , at length , the peace of Westphalia was concluded , it appeared that the Church of Rome remained in full possession of a vast dominion which in the middle of the preceding ...
... followed was a war for the equilibrium of Europe . When , at length , the peace of Westphalia was concluded , it appeared that the Church of Rome remained in full possession of a vast dominion which in the middle of the preceding ...
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