Historical StudiesLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1865 - 472 páginas |
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... longing for the improvement of the condition of mankind , and who expended their lives , and risked their fame on the pursuit of that object ; would embark on one of the most important historical undertakings which remain to vi PREFACE .
... longing for the improvement of the condition of mankind , and who expended their lives , and risked their fame on the pursuit of that object ; would embark on one of the most important historical undertakings which remain to vi PREFACE .
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Herman Merivale. one of the most important historical undertakings which remain to be performed for the intellectual benefit of this generation . He would complete the History of the French Revolution itself - which has been so ...
Herman Merivale. one of the most important historical undertakings which remain to be performed for the intellectual benefit of this generation . He would complete the History of the French Revolution itself - which has been so ...
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... importance by pitchforking into the class a herd of insignificant people - civil functionaries , municipal autho- rities , and the like , the notorious ' Bagatelladel ' of Vienna- ! than his parade of scornful maxims about the equality ...
... importance by pitchforking into the class a herd of insignificant people - civil functionaries , municipal autho- rities , and the like , the notorious ' Bagatelladel ' of Vienna- ! than his parade of scornful maxims about the equality ...
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... importance , not merely for the historian of Austria , but in their bearing on the general progress of mankind , to require a more discriminating notice than they have generally received . Perhaps the most beneficent , and certainly the ...
... importance , not merely for the historian of Austria , but in their bearing on the general progress of mankind , to require a more discriminating notice than they have generally received . Perhaps the most beneficent , and certainly the ...
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... importance of ready money , had their share in producing this result . In the middle ages the lord had estimated his vassals and his peasantry for the material support which they gave him , and the dignity which they were supposed to ...
... importance of ready money , had their share in producing this result . In the middle ages the lord had estimated his vassals and his peasantry for the material support which they gave him , and the dignity which they were supposed to ...
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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?