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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... lived at this period of the world , elevated by benevolence and enlightened by learning and reflection , concerned for the happiness of mankind , and capable of comprehending it , we can conceive nothing more interesting , than would to ...
... lived at this period of the world , elevated by benevolence and enlightened by learning and reflection , concerned for the happiness of mankind , and capable of comprehending it , we can conceive nothing more interesting , than would to ...
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... With respect to Charlemagne , the great conqueror of his age . There is a life by Eginhart , who lived in his family ; and as it is very concise and intelligible , more especially LECT . II . ] 47 LAWS OF THE BARBARIANS .
... With respect to Charlemagne , the great conqueror of his age . There is a life by Eginhart , who lived in his family ; and as it is very concise and intelligible , more especially LECT . II . ] 47 LAWS OF THE BARBARIANS .
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... lived so early as 660 ; so naturally is law connected with precision and form ; and so soon , even before 660 , was it found necessary to reduce the institutions and legal proceedings of rude barbarians into that sort of technical ...
... lived so early as 660 ; so naturally is law connected with precision and form ; and so soon , even before 660 , was it found necessary to reduce the institutions and legal proceedings of rude barbarians into that sort of technical ...
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... under which the Romans then lived ; and that Butler may be referred to , his Horæ Juridicæ . 2ndly . That the different subjects I have mentioned , the reigns of Clovis , Pepin , Charlemagne , of chivalry 68 [ LECT . II . MODERN HISTORY .
... under which the Romans then lived ; and that Butler may be referred to , his Horæ Juridicæ . 2ndly . That the different subjects I have mentioned , the reigns of Clovis , Pepin , Charlemagne , of chivalry 68 [ LECT . II . MODERN HISTORY .
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... lived ; the mirrors of the noblest qualities of the human character ; the exhibitors of those two great virtues of tenderness and courage , which were then so peculiarly necessary to society . The foundations of the chivalrous character ...
... lived ; the mirrors of the noblest qualities of the human character ; the exhibitors of those two great virtues of tenderness and courage , which were then so peculiarly necessary to society . The foundations of the chivalrous character ...
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