Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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Page 107
... followed , during which neither of the hostile armies did anything memorable , but during which both were nearly starved . At length , in 1710 , the chiefs of the Allied forces resolved to venture on bolder measures . They began the ...
... followed , during which neither of the hostile armies did anything memorable , but during which both were nearly starved . At length , in 1710 , the chiefs of the Allied forces resolved to venture on bolder measures . They began the ...
Page 139
... followed . The war raged by sea and land , in Italy , in Germany , and in Flanders ; and even England , after many years of profound internal quiet , saw , for the last time , hostile armies set in battle array against each other . This ...
... followed . The war raged by sea and land , in Italy , in Germany , and in Flanders ; and even England , after many years of profound internal quiet , saw , for the last time , hostile armies set in battle array against each other . This ...
Page 415
... followed the return of Charles the Second . We will take , as an instance of what we mean , a single subject of the highest importance to the happiness of mankind , conjugal fidelity . We can at present hardly call to mind a single ...
... followed the return of Charles the Second . We will take , as an instance of what we mean , a single subject of the highest importance to the happiness of mankind , conjugal fidelity . We can at present hardly call to mind a single ...
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