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... fire with which all his writings are instinct , never fail to make a great work . - London Re- view . Published by HARPER & BROTHERS , Franklin Square , N. Y. Sent by Mail , postage prepaid ( for any distance in the United States under ...
... fire with which all his writings are instinct , never fail to make a great work . - London Re- view . Published by HARPER & BROTHERS , Franklin Square , N. Y. Sent by Mail , postage prepaid ( for any distance in the United States under ...
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... Fire , p . 180 . 175 VII . AT VERSAILLES , the MOST CHRISTIAN Majesty changes his SHIRT , AND BELLEISLE IS SEEN WITH PAPERS .................................... . 182 Of Belleisle and his Plans , p . 187 . CHAPTER VIII . PHENOMENA IN ...
... Fire , p . 180 . 175 VII . AT VERSAILLES , the MOST CHRISTIAN Majesty changes his SHIRT , AND BELLEISLE IS SEEN WITH PAPERS .................................... . 182 Of Belleisle and his Plans , p . 187 . CHAPTER VIII . PHENOMENA IN ...
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... fire yet - but it was without the least hatred to them , and for official reasons merely . To the last , he would an- swer his reporting Ministers , " La presse est libre ( Free press , you must consider ) ! " grandly reluctant to ...
... fire yet - but it was without the least hatred to them , and for official reasons merely . To the last , he would an- swer his reporting Ministers , " La presse est libre ( Free press , you must consider ) ! " grandly reluctant to ...
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... fire of heroic pride , in this man and the other , not yet extinguished by spiritual famine or slow - poison , so robust is Nature , the mighty Mother ! " But , in general , that sad Gospel , ' Souls extinct , Stomachs well alive ! ' is ...
... fire of heroic pride , in this man and the other , not yet extinguished by spiritual famine or slow - poison , so robust is Nature , the mighty Mother ! " But , in general , that sad Gospel , ' Souls extinct , Stomachs well alive ! ' is ...
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... fire ; the English intent , as seldom any Na- tion was , to give the Spaniards an effectual beating , which they hope they can , though unexpected difficulties will occur ; and , in the mean while , what a riddle of potentialities for ...
... fire ; the English intent , as seldom any Na- tion was , to give the Spaniards an effectual beating , which they hope they can , though unexpected difficulties will occur ; and , in the mean while , what a riddle of potentialities for ...
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Page 119 - ... it is cursorily, and in the business way only ; and there is not here or elsewhere the least pleading — a man, you would say, considerably indifferent to our belief on that head : his eye set on the practical merely. "Just Rights? What are rights, never so just, which you cannot make valid ! The world is full of such. If you have rights and can assert them into facts, do it ; that is worth doing...
Page 34 - Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee.
Page 303 - This picture can not fail to be shocking to the humane reader, especially when he is informed that, while those miserable objects cried in vain for assistance, and actually perished for want of proper attendance, every ship of war in the fleet could have spared a couple of surgeons for their relief, and many young gentlemen of that profession solicited their captains in vain for leave to go and administer help to the sick and wounded.
Page 110 - Opportunity in this manner, and obeyed the new omen. To seize such an opportunity, and perilously mount upon it, was the part of a young magnanimous King, less sensible to the perils, and more to the other considerations, than one older would have been.