Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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Page 13
... give the word of command to his grenadiers ; but his grammar and pronunciation were extremely bad . He found it difficult to make out the meaning even of the simplest German poetry . On one occasion a version of Racine's Iphigénie was ...
... give the word of command to his grenadiers ; but his grammar and pronunciation were extremely bad . He found it difficult to make out the meaning even of the simplest German poetry . On one occasion a version of Racine's Iphigénie was ...
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... give credit to so black an imputation on a young prince who was known chiefly by his high professions of integrity and philanthropy . We will not , ' they wrote , we cannot , believe it . ' 6 6 In the meantime the Prussian forces had ...
... give credit to so black an imputation on a young prince who was known chiefly by his high professions of integrity and philanthropy . We will not , ' they wrote , we cannot , believe it . ' 6 6 In the meantime the Prussian forces had ...
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... give law to Europe , and he began to meditate a fourth breach of his engagements . The Court of Versailles was alarmed and mortified . A letter of earnest expostulation , in the handwriting of Lewis , was sent to Berlin ; but in vain ...
... give law to Europe , and he began to meditate a fourth breach of his engagements . The Court of Versailles was alarmed and mortified . A letter of earnest expostulation , in the handwriting of Lewis , was sent to Berlin ; but in vain ...
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... His Majesty was as severe and economical in his friend- ships as in the other charges of his establishment , and as unlikely to give a rixdollar too much for his THE PALACE OF ALCINA 47 guests as for his dinners 46 FREDERIC THE GREAT.
... His Majesty was as severe and economical in his friend- ships as in the other charges of his establishment , and as unlikely to give a rixdollar too much for his THE PALACE OF ALCINA 47 guests as for his dinners 46 FREDERIC THE GREAT.
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... who tired out her immortal horses in the work of raising the nations against Troy , and who offered to give up to destruc- tion her darling Sparta and Mycenæ , if only she might once see the smoke going up from the palace of.
... who tired out her immortal horses in the work of raising the nations against Troy , and who offered to give up to destruc- tion her darling Sparta and Mycenæ , if only she might once see the smoke going up from the palace of.
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