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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... Centuries ( Ca- dell , 1798 ) , worth looking at , and not long - Mosheim's State of Learning in the 13th and 14th Centuries - Gibbon , chapters 53 and 66 - Lorenzo de Medici , parts of - and more particularly of Leo X. by Roscoe - Read ...
... Centuries ( Ca- dell , 1798 ) , worth looking at , and not long - Mosheim's State of Learning in the 13th and 14th Centuries - Gibbon , chapters 53 and 66 - Lorenzo de Medici , parts of - and more particularly of Leo X. by Roscoe - Read ...
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... original authors . Brandt's History of the Reformation , a century after . Watson's Philip II . ( all of it to be read , with the first four books , and other parts of Bentivoglio ) -Bentivoglio , Strada — and X MODERN HISTORY .
... original authors . Brandt's History of the Reformation , a century after . Watson's Philip II . ( all of it to be read , with the first four books , and other parts of Bentivoglio ) -Bentivoglio , Strada — and X MODERN HISTORY .
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... Century , preparatory to his Précis of the late Revolution in France , a work well spoken of - Memoirs of Madame de Maintenon , by Beaumelle , though decried by Voltaire , still maintains its ground . WILLIAM III . SOMERVILLE - on the ...
... Century , preparatory to his Précis of the late Revolution in France , a work well spoken of - Memoirs of Madame de Maintenon , by Beaumelle , though decried by Voltaire , still maintains its ground . WILLIAM III . SOMERVILLE - on the ...
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... centuries . Everything therefore of a temporary nature was to be excluded ; all more particular and local history ; all peculiar delineations of characters , revolutions , and events , that concerned not the general interests of mankind ...
... centuries . Everything therefore of a temporary nature was to be excluded ; all more particular and local history ; all peculiar delineations of characters , revolutions , and events , that concerned not the general interests of mankind ...
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... century . These periods could not be described and examined without conveying to the hearer a very full impression , not only of the leading events , but of the general meaning and import- ance of modern history . All the proper ...
... century . These periods could not be described and examined without conveying to the hearer a very full impression , not only of the leading events , but of the general meaning and import- ance of modern history . All the proper ...
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