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... called to the Rescue . 1. The Reign of Common Sense 2. Smuggling in the West Indies 3. Walpole and Spain 726 726 728 723 1738- • 729 4. William Pitt . 1738 5. Impending War . 1739 6. The Spanish War and the Resignation of Walpole . 1739 ...
... called to the Rescue . 1. The Reign of Common Sense 2. Smuggling in the West Indies 3. Walpole and Spain 726 726 728 723 1738- • 729 4. William Pitt . 1738 5. Impending War . 1739 6. The Spanish War and the Resignation of Walpole . 1739 ...
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Samuel Rawson Gardiner. FIG . 81. Norman house at Lincoln , called the Jews ' House ( From a photograph by Carl Norman , Tunbridge Wells ) 82. Effigies of king John and queen Isabella ( From Stothard's ' Monumental Effigies ' ) PAGE 171 ...
Samuel Rawson Gardiner. FIG . 81. Norman house at Lincoln , called the Jews ' House ( From a photograph by Carl Norman , Tunbridge Wells ) 82. Effigies of king John and queen Isabella ( From Stothard's ' Monumental Effigies ' ) PAGE 171 ...
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... ( called Napoleon II . ) Republic 1792 1799 , nominally to 1804 . NAPOLEON III . 1852-1870 Republic 1848-1851 , nominally to 1852 . GENEALOGICAL TABLES 1xvii XII GENEALOGY OF THE KINGS OF SPAIN. X HENRY IV . 1589-1610 LOUIS XIII 1610-1643 ...
... ( called Napoleon II . ) Republic 1792 1799 , nominally to 1804 . NAPOLEON III . 1852-1870 Republic 1848-1851 , nominally to 1852 . GENEALOGICAL TABLES 1xvii XII GENEALOGY OF THE KINGS OF SPAIN. X HENRY IV . 1589-1610 LOUIS XIII 1610-1643 ...
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... called Britain was then attached to the Continent , so that animals could pass over on dry land . The climate was much colder than it is now , and it is known from the bones which have been dug up that the country was inhabited by ...
... called Britain was then attached to the Continent , so that animals could pass over on dry land . The climate was much colder than it is now , and it is known from the bones which have been dug up that the country was inhabited by ...
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... called Celts . The Celts belong to a group of races sometimes known as the Aryan group , to which also belong Teutons , Slav- onians , Italians , Greeks , and the chief ancient races of Persia and In- dia . The Celts were the first to ...
... called Celts . The Celts belong to a group of races sometimes known as the Aryan group , to which also belong Teutons , Slav- onians , Italians , Greeks , and the chief ancient races of Persia and In- dia . The Celts were the first to ...
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Page 504 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And in clear dream and solemn vision Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear...
Page 354 - I, your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame and so small eaters, now, as I hear say, be become so great devourers and so wild, that they eat up and . „ swallow down the very men themselves. They consume, destroy, and devour whole fields, houses, and cities.
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