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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... favourable opinion ; and these Lectures , the result of my appointment , are now dedicated to your Lordship , with every sentiment of affection , gratitude , and respect . St. Peter's College , Cambridge , Nov. 1839 . WILLIAM SMYTH ...
... favourable opinion ; and these Lectures , the result of my appointment , are now dedicated to your Lordship , with every sentiment of affection , gratitude , and respect . St. Peter's College , Cambridge , Nov. 1839 . WILLIAM SMYTH ...
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... favourable to the human race ? Some change is necessary ; the civilised world is no longer to be respected ; its manners are corrupted , its literature has long declined , its religion is lost in controversy , or debased by superstition ...
... favourable to the human race ? Some change is necessary ; the civilised world is no longer to be respected ; its manners are corrupted , its literature has long declined , its religion is lost in controversy , or debased by superstition ...
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... favourable as might be wished : it is for some time contained in the his- tory of the Dark Ages . The dark ages were the more imme- diate result of this memorable crisis of the western world . And it is thus that the dark ages are ...
... favourable as might be wished : it is for some time contained in the his- tory of the Dark Ages . The dark ages were the more imme- diate result of this memorable crisis of the western world . And it is thus that the dark ages are ...
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... favourable , but masterly estimate of his merits is given by Mr. Gibbon in his forty - ninth chapter . His animadversions seem but too just , yet the estimate of the whole is not sufficiently indulgent . In judging of Charle- magne the ...
... favourable , but masterly estimate of his merits is given by Mr. Gibbon in his forty - ninth chapter . His animadversions seem but too just , yet the estimate of the whole is not sufficiently indulgent . In judging of Charle- magne the ...
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... favourably distinguished from the codes of the more simple and rude Barbarians . To the law of the Burgundians there is a preface worth reading . The preface of Lindenbrogius , which must by all means be read , gives some account of the ...
... favourably distinguished from the codes of the more simple and rude Barbarians . To the law of the Burgundians there is a preface worth reading . The preface of Lindenbrogius , which must by all means be read , gives some account of the ...
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