The Memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton: Containing the Histories of Louis XI and Charles VIII, Kings of France and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, Volume 1G. Bell, 1906 |
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... HISTORY OF LOUIS XL : BY JEAN DE TROYES 00002 EDITED WITH LIFE AND NOTES BY ANDREW R. SCOBLE IN TWO VOLUMES VOL . I. LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS : LIBRARY OF PHILIP DE COMMINES LORD OF ARGENTON CONTAINING THE HISTORIES 1906 THE MEMOIRS.
... HISTORY OF LOUIS XL : BY JEAN DE TROYES 00002 EDITED WITH LIFE AND NOTES BY ANDREW R. SCOBLE IN TWO VOLUMES VOL . I. LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS : LIBRARY OF PHILIP DE COMMINES LORD OF ARGENTON CONTAINING THE HISTORIES 1906 THE MEMOIRS.
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... HISTORY OF LOUIS XL : BY JEAN DE TROYES EDITED WITH LIFE AND NOTES BY ANDREW R. SCOBLE IN TWO VOLUMES VOL . I. IVERSITY AND STANFORD JUNI LIBRARY LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS 1906 MIMIAEKSILA INTRODUCTION . PHILIP DE COMMINES has been ...
... HISTORY OF LOUIS XL : BY JEAN DE TROYES EDITED WITH LIFE AND NOTES BY ANDREW R. SCOBLE IN TWO VOLUMES VOL . I. IVERSITY AND STANFORD JUNI LIBRARY LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS 1906 MIMIAEKSILA INTRODUCTION . PHILIP DE COMMINES has been ...
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... History . " His Memoirs , " says Mr. Hallam , " almost make an epoch in historical literature . He is the first modern writer who in any degree has displayed sagacity in reasoning on the characters of men and the consequences of their ...
... History . " His Memoirs , " says Mr. Hallam , " almost make an epoch in historical literature . He is the first modern writer who in any degree has displayed sagacity in reasoning on the characters of men and the consequences of their ...
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... world's story , the will and agency of man are but instruments by which the Divine will accomplishes its immutable purposes * Lectures on Modern History , pp . 117-119 - - of wisdom and of justice . In the viii INTRODUCTION .
... world's story , the will and agency of man are but instruments by which the Divine will accomplishes its immutable purposes * Lectures on Modern History , pp . 117-119 - - of wisdom and of justice . In the viii INTRODUCTION .
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... was brought out by the celebrated Lenglet Dufresnoy . This has recently • Stephen's Lectures on the History of France , vol . ii . , pp . 221–223 . been superseded by the edition published by Mdlle . Dupont INTRODUCTION . ix.
... was brought out by the celebrated Lenglet Dufresnoy . This has recently • Stephen's Lectures on the History of France , vol . ii . , pp . 221–223 . been superseded by the edition published by Mdlle . Dupont INTRODUCTION . ix.
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