Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1Dent, 1909 - 669 pages |
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Page 2
... carried to a length somewhat whimsical . M. Sismondi publishes a grave and stately history of the Merovingian Kings , very valuable , and a little tedious . He then sends forth as a companion to it a novel , in which he attempts to give ...
... carried to a length somewhat whimsical . M. Sismondi publishes a grave and stately history of the Merovingian Kings , very valuable , and a little tedious . He then sends forth as a companion to it a novel , in which he attempts to give ...
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... carried too far , and that the times required sharper and more decided councils . It was fortunate , however , that the king had another opportunity of showing that hatred of the liberties of his subjects which was the ruling principle ...
... carried too far , and that the times required sharper and more decided councils . It was fortunate , however , that the king had another opportunity of showing that hatred of the liberties of his subjects which was the ruling principle ...
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... or , as it soon appeared , the more judicious members of the popular party were fast declining in credit . The Remonstrance had been carried with great difficulty . The uncompromising antagonists of the court , 26 Macaulay's Essays.
... or , as it soon appeared , the more judicious members of the popular party were fast declining in credit . The Remonstrance had been carried with great difficulty . The uncompromising antagonists of the court , 26 Macaulay's Essays.
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... carried to the camp the sentiments and interests of the farm and the shop , so they carried back to the farm and the shop the military accomplishments which they had acquired in the camp . At home the soldier learned how to value his ...
... carried to the camp the sentiments and interests of the farm and the shop , so they carried back to the farm and the shop the military accomplishments which they had acquired in the camp . At home the soldier learned how to value his ...
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... carried on a popular war for the defence of the Protestant cause in Germany , if he had gratified the national pride by a series of victories , if he had formed an army of forty or fifty thousand devoted soldiers , we do not see what ...
... carried on a popular war for the defence of the Protestant cause in Germany , if he had gratified the national pride by a series of victories , if he had formed an army of forty or fifty thousand devoted soldiers , we do not see what ...
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