Historical StudiesLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1865 - 472 páginas |
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... imagination of his followers - a golden chain with a picture of the Emperor , a writing in gold letters , which he called an imperial patent ; he mustered fifteen thousand armed followers , and styled himself ' Rex Dacia . ' The revolt ...
... imagination of his followers - a golden chain with a picture of the Emperor , a writing in gold letters , which he called an imperial patent ; he mustered fifteen thousand armed followers , and styled himself ' Rex Dacia . ' The revolt ...
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... her life she was governed by two men in succession , neither of whom had the tithe of her abilities , but who mastered her imagination by their tyrannical force of character : Gregor Orlof , F 2 CATHERINE II . OF RUSSIA . 67.
... her life she was governed by two men in succession , neither of whom had the tithe of her abilities , but who mastered her imagination by their tyrannical force of character : Gregor Orlof , F 2 CATHERINE II . OF RUSSIA . 67.
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... imagination , a restless contriv- ing mind , and a youthfulness of feeling which survived equally the disenchantment of political supremacy at home , and twenty years of exile abroad . Such were a few of the traits which characterised ...
... imagination , a restless contriv- ing mind , and a youthfulness of feeling which survived equally the disenchantment of political supremacy at home , and twenty years of exile abroad . Such were a few of the traits which characterised ...
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... imagination seems excited only by the terrible and the mournful . The national poetry consists almost exclusively of their ' Voceri ' or ' Lamenti , ' dirges , chanted by the females on the decease of a member of the family ; and three ...
... imagination seems excited only by the terrible and the mournful . The national poetry consists almost exclusively of their ' Voceri ' or ' Lamenti , ' dirges , chanted by the females on the decease of a member of the family ; and three ...
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... imagination , a mere catalogue of what was achieved and projected by Paoli , is sufficient to show not only the com- prehensiveness of his ideas , but his real and very remark- able administrative abilities . Of his constitution ' for ...
... imagination , a mere catalogue of what was achieved and projected by Paoli , is sufficient to show not only the com- prehensiveness of his ideas , but his real and very remark- able administrative abilities . Of his constitution ' for ...
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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?