Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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... Prussia or Alexander of Russia accepted our subsidies in time of war . The leaders of the Opposition no more thought themselves disgraced by the presents of Louis , than a gentleman of our own time thinks himself disgraced by the ...
... Prussia or Alexander of Russia accepted our subsidies in time of war . The leaders of the Opposition no more thought themselves disgraced by the presents of Louis , than a gentleman of our own time thinks himself disgraced by the ...
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... Prussian grenadiers in full uniform , and Curtius and Dentatus with their bat- tering - ram . We ought not to pass unnoticed the slain war - horse , who will no more 99 " Roll his red eye , and rally for the fight ; ' or the slain ...
... Prussian grenadiers in full uniform , and Curtius and Dentatus with their bat- tering - ram . We ought not to pass unnoticed the slain war - horse , who will no more 99 " Roll his red eye , and rally for the fight ; ' or the slain ...
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... Prussian or English army ? Surely not . And why is it that they are not willing , as they formerly were willing , to sacrifice the interests of their country to the interests of their religious persuasion ? The reason is obvious : they ...
... Prussian or English army ? Surely not . And why is it that they are not willing , as they formerly were willing , to sacrifice the interests of their country to the interests of their religious persuasion ? The reason is obvious : they ...
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... Prussian monarchy , the youngest of the great European states , but in population and revenue the fifth among them , and in art , science , and civilisation entitled to the third , if not to the second place , sprang from a humble ...
... Prussian monarchy , the youngest of the great European states , but in population and revenue the fifth among them , and in art , science , and civilisation entitled to the third , if not to the second place , sprang from a humble ...
Page 492
... Prussia . Even after this accession of territory , the chiefs of the house of Hohenzollern hardly ranked with the Elec- tors of Saxony and Bavaria . The soil of Brandenburg was for the most part sterile . Even round Berlin , the capital ...
... Prussia . Even after this accession of territory , the chiefs of the house of Hohenzollern hardly ranked with the Elec- tors of Saxony and Bavaria . The soil of Brandenburg was for the most part sterile . Even round Berlin , the capital ...
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