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Page 55
... statesmen seems to have degenerated ; and their moral and intellectual littleness strikes us with the more disgust , because ... statesman who enters on his career at such a time , can form no permanent connections , can make no accurate ...
... statesmen seems to have degenerated ; and their moral and intellectual littleness strikes us with the more disgust , because ... statesman who enters on his career at such a time , can form no permanent connections , can make no accurate ...
Page 382
... statesman . Yet they were compelled to own that they could find no fault in him . They therefore called for new powers , for a bill of indemnity to witnesses , or , in plain words , for a bill to reward all who might give evidence ...
... statesman . Yet they were compelled to own that they could find no fault in him . They therefore called for new powers , for a bill of indemnity to witnesses , or , in plain words , for a bill to reward all who might give evidence ...
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... statesman climbs by slow degrees . Many laborious years elapse before he reaches the top- most pinnacle of preferment . In the earlier part of his career , therefore , he is constantly lured on by seeing something above him . During his ...
... statesman climbs by slow degrees . Many laborious years elapse before he reaches the top- most pinnacle of preferment . In the earlier part of his career , therefore , he is constantly lured on by seeing something above him . During his ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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