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... appear that she ever obtained any lawful or recognised suzerainty over more than their seaport towns and the adjacent islands . Even these were repeatedly wrested from her by the kings of Hungary , with whom she maintained a sort of ...
... appear that she ever obtained any lawful or recognised suzerainty over more than their seaport towns and the adjacent islands . Even these were repeatedly wrested from her by the kings of Hungary , with whom she maintained a sort of ...
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... appears , was only rejected by one vote , which was afterwards known as " the vote of Providence ; " though it would not be easy to shew that the scheme in question was without many reasons in its favour . In the arguments for and ...
... appears , was only rejected by one vote , which was afterwards known as " the vote of Providence ; " though it would not be easy to shew that the scheme in question was without many reasons in its favour . In the arguments for and ...
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... appear less reasonable . There can be no doubt that the one great obstacle to the final settlement of Italy is the condition of Venice . Italy can never rest with- out her ; Austria cannot safely or honourably relinquish her . To yield ...
... appear less reasonable . There can be no doubt that the one great obstacle to the final settlement of Italy is the condition of Venice . Italy can never rest with- out her ; Austria cannot safely or honourably relinquish her . To yield ...
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... appear less plausible , some other settlement of the present state of anarchy must be entertained . For our own parts , and looking merely to the greatest happiness of the greatest number , we believe that the following arrangement ...
... appear less plausible , some other settlement of the present state of anarchy must be entertained . For our own parts , and looking merely to the greatest happiness of the greatest number , we believe that the following arrangement ...
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... appear ; but in matters of diet it is the one which indi- viduals , nations , and the whole human race have followed from the earliest times . Writers who have treated the food question in a scientific or quasi - scientific style , have ...
... appear ; but in matters of diet it is the one which indi- viduals , nations , and the whole human race have followed from the earliest times . Writers who have treated the food question in a scientific or quasi - scientific style , have ...
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Page 398 - To learning and to loyalty were bred : For colleges on bounteous kings depend, And never rebel was to arts a friend.
Page 179 - A History of England, from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the Civil War, 1603-1642.
Page 83 - ... with their reflections and observations upon every piece of intelligence that is sent us from abroad. The text is given us by one set of writers, and the comment by another. But notwithstanding we have the same tale told us in so many different papers, and, if occasion requires, in so many articles of the same paper ; notwithstanding, in a scarcity of foreign posts, we hear the same story repeated by different...
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Page 193 - He ordered several of them to be called in, and exerted himself to take leave of them with a few kind and cheerful words. Among the English who were admitted to his bedside were Devonshire and Ormond. But there were in the crowd those who felt as no...
Page 95 - Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.
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