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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... considered in the great historians - Velly - Père Daniel -but Velly recommended , a work of great detail and value , continued by Villaret , and afterwards by Garnier , but not yet half finished . Robertson's Charles V. Introduction of ...
... considered in the great historians - Velly - Père Daniel -but Velly recommended , a work of great detail and value , continued by Villaret , and afterwards by Garnier , but not yet half finished . Robertson's Charles V. Introduction of ...
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... and events , that concerned not the general interests of mankind . That the history of France or Spain or England was not to be considered separately and distinctly , but only in conjunction B each with the other ; each , only as it.
... and events , that concerned not the general interests of mankind . That the history of France or Spain or England was not to be considered separately and distinctly , but only in conjunction B each with the other ; each , only as it.
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... considered . as of great importance , and that , even before the perusal of the particular histories to which they refer , but they must never be resorted to , except in the instances and for the pur- poses just mentioned - they must ...
... considered . as of great importance , and that , even before the perusal of the particular histories to which they refer , but they must never be resorted to , except in the instances and for the pur- poses just mentioned - they must ...
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... considered as a world lately found , hitherto but partially explored , and in itself inexhaustible . What are we to say , in like manner , of the avocations , and even amusements , of social life , which have everywhere been multiplied ...
... considered as a world lately found , hitherto but partially explored , and in itself inexhaustible . What are we to say , in like manner , of the avocations , and even amusements , of social life , which have everywhere been multiplied ...
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... considered what he may pass over slightly and what he must regularly read , he may next consider what he is to remember minutely , what generally ; and what , for the purpose of re- membering better things , he may suffer himself to ...
... considered what he may pass over slightly and what he must regularly read , he may next consider what he is to remember minutely , what generally ; and what , for the purpose of re- membering better things , he may suffer himself to ...
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