The London Quarterly Review, Volumes 111-112Theodore Foster, 1862 |
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... France . The influence of the French Revolution upon Spain was at first to attach her more firmly to her own absolutism , and she took up arms against France , as a holy war against infidelity and regicide . Drawn after- wards by the ...
... France . The influence of the French Revolution upon Spain was at first to attach her more firmly to her own absolutism , and she took up arms against France , as a holy war against infidelity and regicide . Drawn after- wards by the ...
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... France and England are the two principal customers of Spain ; and it may be interesting to compare the amount of their respective transactions . The imports from France had risen from 212,438,525 reals in 1850 to 538,806,433 reals in ...
... France and England are the two principal customers of Spain ; and it may be interesting to compare the amount of their respective transactions . The imports from France had risen from 212,438,525 reals in 1850 to 538,806,433 reals in ...
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... France , and the revolted black population , forms one of the most thrilling episodes of modern history . A des- perate struggle for independence was termi- nated by the overwhelming force with which France supported her colonists . The ...
... France , and the revolted black population , forms one of the most thrilling episodes of modern history . A des- perate struggle for independence was termi- nated by the overwhelming force with which France supported her colonists . The ...
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... France was of men and money , succession of dramatic effects ; each of his it was a matter almost of calculation that , if advantages gained by one sudden and skilful the Allies could only be kept together , they blow ; the effort by ...
... France was of men and money , succession of dramatic effects ; each of his it was a matter almost of calculation that , if advantages gained by one sudden and skilful the Allies could only be kept together , they blow ; the effort by ...
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... France , the strategic vantage - ground which the possession of the whole Polish frontier would give to Russia . The Prussians were in no mood to give much weight to considerations of mere policy . Their souls were filled with a thirst ...
... France , the strategic vantage - ground which the possession of the whole Polish frontier would give to Russia . The Prussians were in no mood to give much weight to considerations of mere policy . Their souls were filled with a thirst ...
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Page 125 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 131 - Every state shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions which, by this confederation, are submitted to them. And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state ; and the Union shall be perpetual.
Page 43 - They that go down to the sea in ships : and occupy their business in great waters; These men see the works of the Lord : and his wonders in the deep.
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Page 178 - Joy of all the meek ! To those who fall, how kind thou art ! How good to those who seek...
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Page 176 - Now let the heavens be joyful ; Let earth her song begin ; Let the round world keep triumph, And all that is therein...
Page 255 - Whatever fruits in different climes are found, That proudly rise, or humbly court the ground ; Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear, Whose bright succession decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting, own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil ; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land.
Page 161 - MISERABLES. By VICTOR HUGO. AUTHORISED COPYRIGHT ENGLISH TRANSLATION. "The merits of *Les Miserables' do not merely consist in the conception of it as a whole; it abounds, page after page, with details of unequalled beauty.
Page 95 - Wouldst softly speak, and stroke my head and smile), Could those few pleasant days again appear, Might one wish bring them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might.