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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... object of her choice , a Bavarian princess , was a poor victim of here- ditary disease , whose early death was a release for both . Thenceforward , with strongly domestic tastes , and no relish for the ordinary dissipations of a court ...
... object of her choice , a Bavarian princess , was a poor victim of here- ditary disease , whose early death was a release for both . Thenceforward , with strongly domestic tastes , and no relish for the ordinary dissipations of a court ...
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... object of correcting mistaken lenity as well as severity . But that a ' King's face should give grace ' was a prejudice far too deeply rooted for Joseph to shake , and this innovation , founded on the purest intentions , was one of the ...
... object of correcting mistaken lenity as well as severity . But that a ' King's face should give grace ' was a prejudice far too deeply rooted for Joseph to shake , and this innovation , founded on the purest intentions , was one of the ...
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... objects , appears peculiar to the East ; perhaps to absolute power in the East . ' It is just as much occidental as oriental , and any one who wishes to realise it has only to go into the lobby of the House of Commons , and try to catch ...
... objects , appears peculiar to the East ; perhaps to absolute power in the East . ' It is just as much occidental as oriental , and any one who wishes to realise it has only to go into the lobby of the House of Commons , and try to catch ...
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... object , ' says Schlosser , ' to effect , by force , that which it is the object of other monarchical states to prevent by force : and he consequently came into colli- sion with the people , and with the spirit of the age , on precisely ...
... object , ' says Schlosser , ' to effect , by force , that which it is the object of other monarchical states to prevent by force : and he consequently came into colli- sion with the people , and with the spirit of the age , on precisely ...
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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?