Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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... Prussia a place among the European powers , altogether out of pro- portion to her extent and population , by means of a strong military organization . Strict economy enabled him to keep up a peace establishment of sixty thousand.
... Prussia a place among the European powers , altogether out of pro- portion to her extent and population , by means of a strong military organization . Strict economy enabled him to keep up a peace establishment of sixty thousand.
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... military pomp and order became a mania , like that of a Dutch burgo- master for tulips , or that of a member of the Rox- burghe Club for Caxtons . While the envoys of the Court of Berlin were in a state of such squalid poverty as moved ...
... military pomp and order became a mania , like that of a Dutch burgo- master for tulips , or that of a member of the Rox- burghe Club for Caxtons . While the envoys of the Court of Berlin were in a state of such squalid poverty as moved ...
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... military force , though his reign forms an import- ant epoch in the history of military discipline , and though his dominant passion was the love of military display , he was yet one of the most pacific of princes . We are afraid that ...
... military force , though his reign forms an import- ant epoch in the history of military discipline , and though his dominant passion was the love of military display , he was yet one of the most pacific of princes . We are afraid that ...
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... military and political business , and thus gradually acquired such an aptitude for affairs as his most intimate associates were not aware that he possessed . His favourite abode was at Rheinsberg , near the frontier which separates the ...
... military and political business , and thus gradually acquired such an aptitude for affairs as his most intimate associates were not aware that he possessed . His favourite abode was at Rheinsberg , near the frontier which separates the ...
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... military and political talents , of industry more extraordinary still , without fear , without faith , and without mercy , had ascended the throne . The disappointment of Falstaff at his old boon- companion's coronation was not more ...
... military and political talents , of industry more extraordinary still , without fear , without faith , and without mercy , had ascended the throne . The disappointment of Falstaff at his old boon- companion's coronation was not more ...
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