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... effect , to write the his- tory of Europe , during that period . The diplomatic science , if so it may be called , begun by his predeces- sors , he carried on with a much higher hand , and pro- bably perfected . He found means to fill ...
... effect , to write the his- tory of Europe , during that period . The diplomatic science , if so it may be called , begun by his predeces- sors , he carried on with a much higher hand , and pro- bably perfected . He found means to fill ...
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... effects of this important revolution , to be considered , when , in a subsequent chapter , we shall speak of the present state of Europe . CHAPTER VII . THE SAME CONTINUED .... THE NORTHERN POWERS 48 AN HISTORICAL COMPEND .
... effects of this important revolution , to be considered , when , in a subsequent chapter , we shall speak of the present state of Europe . CHAPTER VII . THE SAME CONTINUED .... THE NORTHERN POWERS 48 AN HISTORICAL COMPEND .
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... effect nothing at home , he made application to the Pope for a dispensation of divorcement . The Pope , after a full hearing of the cause , rejected the ap- plication in the most peremptory terms . Henry per- sisted . The Pope ...
... effect nothing at home , he made application to the Pope for a dispensation of divorcement . The Pope , after a full hearing of the cause , rejected the ap- plication in the most peremptory terms . Henry per- sisted . The Pope ...
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... effect of their poverty . And certainly it invites and allures the impositions , the aggressions , the domination and inso- lence of men of stronger minds . After all that has or can be said of the power of wealth , " The mind's the ...
... effect of their poverty . And certainly it invites and allures the impositions , the aggressions , the domination and inso- lence of men of stronger minds . After all that has or can be said of the power of wealth , " The mind's the ...
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... effect , it would not bear hard for there would soon be ve the rich upon ry few poor . I appeal to the present , though imper- fect , practice of the New - England states . There are fewer poor among them than in any part of the world ...
... effect , it would not bear hard for there would soon be ve the rich upon ry few poor . I appeal to the present , though imper- fect , practice of the New - England states . There are fewer poor among them than in any part of the world ...
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