Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Bernh. Tauchnitz jun., 1850 - 349 pages |
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... began to show in his new call- ing other qualities which had not before been discerned in him , judgment , sagacity , deference to legitimate authority . He distinguished himself highly in several operations against the French , and was ...
... began to show in his new call- ing other qualities which had not before been discerned in him , judgment , sagacity , deference to legitimate authority . He distinguished himself highly in several operations against the French , and was ...
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... began to bring contempt on themselves and destruction on their subjects . The wide dominion of the Franks was severed into a thousand pie- ces . Nothing more than a nominal dignity was left to the abject heirs of an illustrious name ...
... began to bring contempt on themselves and destruction on their subjects . The wide dominion of the Franks was severed into a thousand pie- ces . Nothing more than a nominal dignity was left to the abject heirs of an illustrious name ...
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... began to ferment into new forms of life . While the great body , as a whole , was torpid and passive , every separate member began to feel with a sense , and to move with an energy all its own . Just here , in the most barren and dreary ...
... began to ferment into new forms of life . While the great body , as a whole , was torpid and passive , every separate member began to feel with a sense , and to move with an energy all its own . Just here , in the most barren and dreary ...
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... began to collect provisions , to throw up works , and to make preparations for sustaining a siege . The garrison , which had fled at his approach , had now recovered from its dismay , and , having been swollen by large reinforcements ...
... began to collect provisions , to throw up works , and to make preparations for sustaining a siege . The garrison , which had fled at his approach , had now recovered from its dismay , and , having been swollen by large reinforcements ...
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... began to feel the pressure of hunger . Under such circumstances , any troops so scantily provided with officers might have been expected to show signs of insubordination ; and the danger was peculiarly great in a force composed of men ...
... began to feel the pressure of hunger . Under such circumstances , any troops so scantily provided with officers might have been expected to show signs of insubordination ; and the danger was peculiarly great in a force composed of men ...
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