The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... seemed to spring from the soil under the feet of the Bourbons . It appeared as if respira- tion had been restored to the world , after having been suffo- cated for ten years by tyrany : it breathed freely now for the past , the present ...
... seemed to spring from the soil under the feet of the Bourbons . It appeared as if respira- tion had been restored to the world , after having been suffo- cated for ten years by tyrany : it breathed freely now for the past , the present ...
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... seemed to have given up everything to fortune , from the day she refused him the universe , like the gamester who had played against the continent , and thrown up the game on losing the first important cast . His diplomacy had been no ...
... seemed to have given up everything to fortune , from the day she refused him the universe , like the gamester who had played against the continent , and thrown up the game on losing the first important cast . His diplomacy had been no ...
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... seemed to have revived in the German campaign of 1813. Dresden and Leipsic were victories and reverses worthy of his name . Peace was still in his hands ; but a humiliating peace could not satisfy a man whose fame , as an invincible ...
... seemed to have revived in the German campaign of 1813. Dresden and Leipsic were victories and reverses worthy of his name . Peace was still in his hands ; but a humiliating peace could not satisfy a man whose fame , as an invincible ...
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... seemed to have widened , from the scantiness of his thin black hair , which was falling from the moisture of continual thought . It might be said that his head , naturally small , had increased in size to give ample scope between his ...
... seemed to have widened , from the scantiness of his thin black hair , which was falling from the moisture of continual thought . It might be said that his head , naturally small , had increased in size to give ample scope between his ...
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... seemed to stop , undecided , and as if astonished at their victories , without knowing whether they dared venture to cross the river . France was really no longer guarded except by the shadow of her buried legions , by the Rhine , by ...
... seemed to stop , undecided , and as if astonished at their victories , without knowing whether they dared venture to cross the river . France was really no longer guarded except by the shadow of her buried legions , by the Rhine , by ...
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