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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... called the Magnificent , including the Copyright Notes and Illustrations , with a new Memoir by his Son . Portrait . SCHILLER'S WORKS , VOL . I. , History of the Thirty Years ' War , and of the Revolt of the Netherlands , translated by ...
... called the Magnificent , including the Copyright Notes and Illustrations , with a new Memoir by his Son . Portrait . SCHILLER'S WORKS , VOL . I. , History of the Thirty Years ' War , and of the Revolt of the Netherlands , translated by ...
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... called upon to study any particular point or period of history more minutely than can in general be necessary , need be at no loss for proper materials on which to exercise their diligence , and cannot want to receive from me an ...
... called upon to study any particular point or period of history more minutely than can in general be necessary , need be at no loss for proper materials on which to exercise their diligence , and cannot want to receive from me an ...
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... called : more distinguished for their talents in the despatch of business than for their genius . " Do not read history to me , " said Sir Robert Wal- pole , one of the best specimens of them- ( his son , it seems , had hoped in this ...
... called : more distinguished for their talents in the despatch of business than for their genius . " Do not read history to me , " said Sir Robert Wal- pole , one of the best specimens of them- ( his son , it seems , had hoped in this ...
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... called it , were deemed by him to be so profound , that they were not to be comprehended even by the houses of parliament or men of any ordinary nature ; and Walpole himself might have been thought by this royal trifler , as unfit , as ...
... called it , were deemed by him to be so profound , that they were not to be comprehended even by the houses of parliament or men of any ordinary nature ; and Walpole himself might have been thought by this royal trifler , as unfit , as ...
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... called the feudal incidents , which may be found in Blackstone , in the notes to Stuart , and in the second of the Appendixes of Hume's history . The advantages and dis- advantages of this system may be collected not only from the ...
... called the feudal incidents , which may be found in Blackstone , in the notes to Stuart , and in the second of the Appendixes of Hume's history . The advantages and dis- advantages of this system may be collected not only from the ...
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