Historical StudiesLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1865 - 472 páginas |
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... equally certain that a man possessed of them to any large amount would never have entertained such projects in earnest at all . It would • } { \ sued " what ? The sentence is infect be just as much to the purpose to complain of 2 JOSEPH ...
... equally certain that a man possessed of them to any large amount would never have entertained such projects in earnest at all . It would • } { \ sued " what ? The sentence is infect be just as much to the purpose to complain of 2 JOSEPH ...
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... equally honest in denouncing the excesses of the spiritual against the temporal authority . I do not speak merely of the rare instances of persecution , of which Spain and Italy still furnish us with occasional examples ; nor even of ...
... equally honest in denouncing the excesses of the spiritual against the temporal authority . I do not speak merely of the rare instances of persecution , of which Spain and Italy still furnish us with occasional examples ; nor even of ...
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... equally bold character . She assembled , in 1767 , a kind of States - General of her empire , consisting of elec- tive deputies . It is somewhat strange to read that it was necessary to bribe the deputies to attend , by such induce ...
... equally bold character . She assembled , in 1767 , a kind of States - General of her empire , consisting of elec- tive deputies . It is somewhat strange to read that it was necessary to bribe the deputies to attend , by such induce ...
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... equally with the weakest to what has been called the female necessity of being some one's slave . Nor was this slavery a mere consequence of her grosser failings . At her court , the minion of the hour was usually one , the permanent ...
... equally with the weakest to what has been called the female necessity of being some one's slave . Nor was this slavery a mere consequence of her grosser failings . At her court , the minion of the hour was usually one , the permanent ...
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... equally astonished at the result . Catherine understood him thoroughly , ' says the biographer of Sievers : she knew what she might venture against him , and when the hour arrived , threw him overboard with the greatest gentleness ...
... equally astonished at the result . Catherine understood him thoroughly , ' says the biographer of Sievers : she knew what she might venture against him , and when the hour arrived , threw him overboard with the greatest gentleness ...
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Página 100 - The pamphlet proves what I have always maintained, that any fool may write a most valuable book by chance, if he will only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity.
Página 188 - And you, my midnight darlings, my Folios ! must I part with the intense delight of having you (huge armfuls) in my embraces ? Must knowledge come to me, if it come at all, by some awkward experiment of intuition, and no longer by this familiar process of reading ? Shall I enjoy friendships there wanting the smiling indications which point me to them here, — the recognisable face the "sweet assurance of a look?