Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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... kind . It is remarkable , that though the main end of Frederick William's administration was to have a great military force , though his reign forms an import- ant epoch in the history of military discipline , and though his dominant ...
... kind . It is remarkable , that though the main end of Frederick William's administration was to have a great military force , though his reign forms an import- ant epoch in the history of military discipline , and though his dominant ...
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... kind of army were then wanting to the Prussian service . In those ranks were not found the religious and political enthusiasm which inspired the pikemen of Cromwell , the patriotic ardour , the thirst of glory , the devotion to a great ...
... kind of army were then wanting to the Prussian service . In those ranks were not found the religious and political enthusiasm which inspired the pikemen of Cromwell , the patriotic ardour , the thirst of glory , the devotion to a great ...
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... kind . How to deal with him was the most puzzling of questions . To appear constrained in his presence was to disobey his commands , and to spoil his amusement . Yet if his associates were enticed by his graciousness to indulge in the ...
... kind . How to deal with him was the most puzzling of questions . To appear constrained in his presence was to disobey his commands , and to spoil his amusement . Yet if his associates were enticed by his graciousness to indulge in the ...
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... kind , it might be supposed , would necessarily put an end to all amicable com- munication . But it was not so . After every outbreak of ill humour this extraordinary pair became more loving than before , and exchanged compliments and ...
... kind , it might be supposed , would necessarily put an end to all amicable com- munication . But it was not so . After every outbreak of ill humour this extraordinary pair became more loving than before , and exchanged compliments and ...
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... kind and generous feelings . Her mind , naturally strong and observant , had been highly cultivated ; and she was , and deserved to be , Frederic's favourite sister . He felt the loss as much as it was in his iron nature to feel the ...
... kind and generous feelings . Her mind , naturally strong and observant , had been highly cultivated ; and she was , and deserved to be , Frederic's favourite sister . He felt the loss as much as it was in his iron nature to feel the ...
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