Lectures on Modern History: From the Irruption of the Northern Nation to the Close of the American Revolution, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1854 - History, Modern |
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... say , but I omit them , and depend on your consulting such original documents as I have mentioned , yourselves . As far as principle is concerned , it is the Duke , not Charles , who appears to be the man of principle ; it is he who is ...
... say , but I omit them , and depend on your consulting such original documents as I have mentioned , yourselves . As far as principle is concerned , it is the Duke , not Charles , who appears to be the man of principle ; it is he who is ...
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... say , that all government being intended for the good of the whole , the community have a right to deviate from the line of succession when the presumptive heir is a just subject of their apprehension . But what , in the meantime , are ...
... say , that all government being intended for the good of the whole , the community have a right to deviate from the line of succession when the presumptive heir is a just subject of their apprehension . But what , in the meantime , are ...
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... says the historian Ralph , " had the advantage of the dispute ( page 589 ) . His condescending to appeal to his people softened their hearts , if it did not convince their understandings ; he appeared to be an object of compassion ; he ...
... says the historian Ralph , " had the advantage of the dispute ( page 589 ) . His condescending to appeal to his people softened their hearts , if it did not convince their understandings ; he appeared to be an object of compassion ; he ...
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... says Ralph ( 592 ) , " the gazettes from the middle of May to the January following ( that is , from the publication of the declaration ) are little more than a collection of testimonies , that the people were weary of all those rights ...
... says Ralph ( 592 ) , " the gazettes from the middle of May to the January following ( that is , from the publication of the declaration ) are little more than a collection of testimonies , that the people were weary of all those rights ...
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... says Dalrymple , a yet more morti- fying stroke ; he found that the court of France had been capable of intending ( though the design was at last laid aside ) to make public his secret negotiations with the Duchess of Orleans . What was ...
... says Dalrymple , a yet more morti- fying stroke ; he found that the court of France had been capable of intending ( though the design was at last laid aside ) to make public his secret negotiations with the Duchess of Orleans . What was ...
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