Lectures on Modern History: From the Irruption of the Northern Nation to the Close of the American Revolution, Volume 1H. G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... England by the Normans . Translated by WILLIAM HAZLITT . Portrait . In 2 vols . - Tiers Etat , or Third Estate , in France . Translated by F. B. WELLS . 2 vols . in one . 58 . Vasari's Lives of the Painters , Sculptors , and Architects ...
... England by the Normans . Translated by WILLIAM HAZLITT . Portrait . In 2 vols . - Tiers Etat , or Third Estate , in France . Translated by F. B. WELLS . 2 vols . in one . 58 . Vasari's Lives of the Painters , Sculptors , and Architects ...
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... England and Normandy . Trans- lated with Notes , by T. FORESTER , M.A. In 4 vols . Pauli's ( Dr. R. ) Life of Alfred the Great . Translated from the German . Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs . With English Translations , and a General Index ...
... England and Normandy . Trans- lated with Notes , by T. FORESTER , M.A. In 4 vols . Pauli's ( Dr. R. ) Life of Alfred the Great . Translated from the German . Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs . With English Translations , and a General Index ...
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... ductory Lecture ; and the maxim of the poet seems but equitable , — " In every work regard the writer's end , Since none can compass more than they intend . " CONTENTS . Page LIST of Books recommended Introductory Lecture vii England.
... ductory Lecture ; and the maxim of the poet seems but equitable , — " In every work regard the writer's end , Since none can compass more than they intend . " CONTENTS . Page LIST of Books recommended Introductory Lecture vii England.
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... England VI . England • · 127 • 158 VII . France VIII . Spain , Germany , Italy , Switzerland IX . Reformation X. Reformation • · XI . France - Civil and Religious Wars 193 221 244 265 • 301 XII . Henry IV . and the Low Countries 326 ...
... England VI . England • · 127 • 158 VII . France VIII . Spain , Germany , Italy , Switzerland IX . Reformation X. Reformation • · XI . France - Civil and Religious Wars 193 221 244 265 • 301 XII . Henry IV . and the Low Countries 326 ...
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... ENGLAND . FOR Wickliffe , see Henry's History of England - Neal's History of the Puritans - Foxe's Martyrs - 3rd vol . of Mosheim - and Milner's Church History . Hume's account of our Reformation should be read , and the same subject in ...
... ENGLAND . FOR Wickliffe , see Henry's History of England - Neal's History of the Puritans - Foxe's Martyrs - 3rd vol . of Mosheim - and Milner's Church History . Hume's account of our Reformation should be read , and the same subject in ...
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