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... turned up in discourse , had in that fine voice of his a tone which the observers noted . " To his Mother he failed no day , when in Berlin , however busy , to make his visit , and he never spoke to her except hat in hand . " With his ...
... turned up in discourse , had in that fine voice of his a tone which the observers noted . " To his Mother he failed no day , when in Berlin , however busy , to make his visit , and he never spoke to her except hat in hand . " With his ...
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... turned out a pretty thing : Students marching with torches , with fine wind - music , regulated enthusiasm , fine succinct Address to hist Majesty , and all the world escorting , with its " Live Forever ! ” Friedrich gave the students ...
... turned out a pretty thing : Students marching with torches , with fine wind - music , regulated enthusiasm , fine succinct Address to hist Majesty , and all the world escorting , with its " Live Forever ! ” Friedrich gave the students ...
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... turned directly upon busi- ness ; wishes to have ' Categorical Answers ' as to Three Points already submitted to his Britannic Majesty's consideration . Clear footing in- dispensable between us . What you want of me ? say it , and be ...
... turned directly upon busi- ness ; wishes to have ' Categorical Answers ' as to Three Points already submitted to his Britannic Majesty's consideration . Clear footing in- dispensable between us . What you want of me ? say it , and be ...
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... turning - point : in this manner he will make the times suit , and have a convergence at Cleve . To Bai- reuth - who knows if not farther ? All summer there has gone fitfully a rumor that he wished to see France ; perhaps Paris it- self ...
... turning - point : in this manner he will make the times suit , and have a convergence at Cleve . To Bai- reuth - who knows if not farther ? All summer there has gone fitfully a rumor that he wished to see France ; perhaps Paris it- self ...
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... turning by Wesel . Frankfurt on the Mayn comes always as a princi- pal stage ; Strasburg was no great roundabout : we chose that route in preference . The incognito was decided , names pitched upon " ( Comte Dufour , and the others ) ...
... turning by Wesel . Frankfurt on the Mayn comes always as a princi- pal stage ; Strasburg was no great roundabout : we chose that route in preference . The incognito was decided , names pitched upon " ( Comte Dufour , and the others ) ...
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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.