Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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... called the Great Elector , was the prince to whose policy his successors have agreed to ascribe their greatness . He acquired by the peace of Westphalia several valuable possessions , and among them the rich city and district of Magde ...
... called the Great Elector , was the prince to whose policy his successors have agreed to ascribe their greatness . He acquired by the peace of Westphalia several valuable possessions , and among them the rich city and district of Magde ...
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... and sometimes with holding chapters of a fraternity which he called the Order of Bayard ; but literature was his chief resource . His education had been entirely French . The long ascendency which Lewis the Fourteenth had enjoyed , and.
... and sometimes with holding chapters of a fraternity which he called the Order of Bayard ; but literature was his chief resource . His education had been entirely French . The long ascendency which Lewis the Fourteenth had enjoyed , and.
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... called by one of its most illustrious inmates , the Palace of Alcina . At the first glance it seemed to be a delightful spot , where every intellectual and physical enjoyment awaited the happy adventurer . Every newcomer was received ...
... called by one of its most illustrious inmates , the Palace of Alcina . At the first glance it seemed to be a delightful spot , where every intellectual and physical enjoyment awaited the happy adventurer . Every newcomer was received ...
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... called Catiline , which he had written in his retirement , was acted with boundless applause . Of this execrable piece it is sufficient to say , that the plot turns on a love affair , carried on in all the forms of Scudéry , between ...
... called Catiline , which he had written in his retirement , was acted with boundless applause . Of this execrable piece it is sufficient to say , that the plot turns on a love affair , carried on in all the forms of Scudéry , between ...
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... called in question for it ? Was it not consistent with Frederic's character ? Was it not of a piece with his conduct on other similar occasions ? Is it not notorious that he repeatedly gave private directions to his officers to pillage ...
... called in question for it ? Was it not consistent with Frederic's character ? Was it not of a piece with his conduct on other similar occasions ? Is it not notorious that he repeatedly gave private directions to his officers to pillage ...
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