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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... period of life . Minute historical disquisition or research cannot be ex- pected in compositions of this nature : what the Author has hoped to accomplish will be found explained in the Intro- ductory Lecture ; and the maxim of the poet ...
... period of life . Minute historical disquisition or research cannot be ex- pected in compositions of this nature : what the Author has hoped to accomplish will be found explained in the Intro- ductory Lecture ; and the maxim of the poet ...
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... period that preceded the coming of the Duke of Alva . For the Arminian Controversy , 18th and 19th books of Brandt's History of the Reformation ; for the Synod of Dort , 33rd book - See also other parts of chapters 41 , 42 , 43 , and ...
... period that preceded the coming of the Duke of Alva . For the Arminian Controversy , 18th and 19th books of Brandt's History of the Reformation ; for the Synod of Dort , 33rd book - See also other parts of chapters 41 , 42 , 43 , and ...
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... periods of history and to review and estimate several of them , if possible , in a connected manner . The period , for instance , of the Dark Ages , of the Revival of Learning , of the Reformation , of the Religious Wars , of the power ...
... periods of history and to review and estimate several of them , if possible , in a connected manner . The period , for instance , of the Dark Ages , of the Revival of Learning , of the Reformation , of the Religious Wars , of the power ...
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... 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 enumeration of those references and means of ...
... 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 enumeration of those references and means of ...
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... period , modern history appeared to begin anew , and I long remained in the persuasion that my suc- cessors , not to speak of myself , would for some time scarcely find it within their competence to undertake an estimate of this ...
... period , modern history appeared to begin anew , and I long remained in the persuasion that my suc- cessors , not to speak of myself , would for some time scarcely find it within their competence to undertake an estimate of this ...
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