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Page 147
... head drooping , and his hands leaning on his horse's neck , moved feebly out of the battle . The mansion which had been inhabited by his father - in - law , and from which in his youth he had carried home his bride Elizabeth , was in ...
... head drooping , and his hands leaning on his horse's neck , moved feebly out of the battle . The mansion which had been inhabited by his father - in - law , and from which in his youth he had carried home his bride Elizabeth , was in ...
Page 429
... heads of a crowd of eminent orators , financiers , diplomatists . From a private gentleman , this fortun- ate minion had at once been turned into a Secretary of State . He had made his maiden speech when at the head of the ...
... heads of a crowd of eminent orators , financiers , diplomatists . From a private gentleman , this fortun- ate minion had at once been turned into a Secretary of State . He had made his maiden speech when at the head of the ...
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... head belongs one distinction which we believe to be without a parallel in our annals . During more than a century , there has never been a time at which a Fox has not stood in a prominent station among public men . Scarcely had the ...
... head belongs one distinction which we believe to be without a parallel in our annals . During more than a century , there has never been a time at which a Fox has not stood in a prominent station among public men . Scarcely had the ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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