Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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Page 48
... France , and pocketed , with complacent infamy , her degrading insults , and her more degrading gold . The caresses of harlots , and the jests of buffoons , regulated the policy of the state . The government had just ability enough to ...
... France , and pocketed , with complacent infamy , her degrading insults , and her more degrading gold . The caresses of harlots , and the jests of buffoons , regulated the policy of the state . The government had just ability enough to ...
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... France present us only with a frightful spectacle of poverty , barbarity , and igno- rance . From the oppressions of illiterate masters , and the sufferings of a degraded peasantry , it is delightful to turn to the opulent and ...
... France present us only with a frightful spectacle of poverty , barbarity , and igno- rance . From the oppressions of illiterate masters , and the sufferings of a degraded peasantry , it is delightful to turn to the opulent and ...
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... France , and the fierce rapacity of Arragon . The moral effects which followed from this state of things were still more remarkable . Among the rude nations which lay beyond the Alps , valour was absolutely indispensable . With- out it ...
... France , and the fierce rapacity of Arragon . The moral effects which followed from this state of things were still more remarkable . Among the rude nations which lay beyond the Alps , valour was absolutely indispensable . With- out it ...
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... France and Spain . All their dis- putes , internal and external , were decided by foreign influence . The contests of opposite factions were car- ried on , not as formerly in the senate - house or in the market - place , but in the ...
... France and Spain . All their dis- putes , internal and external , were decided by foreign influence . The contests of opposite factions were car- ried on , not as formerly in the senate - house or in the market - place , but in the ...
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... France . In these mis- sions , and in several others of inferior importance , he acquitted himself with great dexterity . His de- spatches form one of the most amusing and instruc- tive collections extant . The narratives are clear and ...
... France . In these mis- sions , and in several others of inferior importance , he acquitted himself with great dexterity . His de- spatches form one of the most amusing and instruc- tive collections extant . The narratives are clear and ...
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