Quarterly Review, Volume 82John Murray, 1848 - English literature |
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... less legi- timate connexion with the other sex . The same prejudice sub- sisted against the marriages of his familiar friends and associates , as D'Argens , Quintus Icilius , and Le Catt . It is said , however , that in the last few ...
... less legi- timate connexion with the other sex . The same prejudice sub- sisted against the marriages of his familiar friends and associates , as D'Argens , Quintus Icilius , and Le Catt . It is said , however , that in the last few ...
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... less glorious in the succeeding summer the day of Zorndorf , when Frederick looked down on the heaps of Russian slain , and beheld the Czarina's army destroyed rather than defeated by his arms ! Nor , again , is the honour slight of ...
... less glorious in the succeeding summer the day of Zorndorf , when Frederick looked down on the heaps of Russian slain , and beheld the Czarina's army destroyed rather than defeated by his arms ! Nor , again , is the honour slight of ...
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... less than 5,977,000 were devoted to the military department . At Frederick's de- cease in 1786 , when the provinces had more than doubled in extent and population , and much more than doubled in produc- tive industry , the income was ...
... less than 5,977,000 were devoted to the military department . At Frederick's de- cease in 1786 , when the provinces had more than doubled in extent and population , and much more than doubled in produc- tive industry , the income was ...
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... less than 834 employés , and to effect a saving of 150,000 dollars yearly . Nor was the general financial result satisfactory . It has been ably shown by Dr. Preuss that the average annual receipts since the French financiers came in ex ...
... less than 834 employés , and to effect a saving of 150,000 dollars yearly . Nor was the general financial result satisfactory . It has been ably shown by Dr. Preuss that the average annual receipts since the French financiers came in ex ...
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... less than might have been expected from so warm a friend of civilisation and knowledge . ' On one occasion indeed , as we have elsewhere mentioned , he founded nearly 200 schools for his new province of West Prussia ; but in general he ...
... less than might have been expected from so warm a friend of civilisation and knowledge . ' On one occasion indeed , as we have elsewhere mentioned , he founded nearly 200 schools for his new province of West Prussia ; but in general he ...
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