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... extensive influence through Europe , was the trial by duel - the most unreasonable and extraordinary practice which perhaps ever obtained among men , under the form of justice and legality . The decision of causes by duel became so ...
... extensive influence through Europe , was the trial by duel - the most unreasonable and extraordinary practice which perhaps ever obtained among men , under the form of justice and legality . The decision of causes by duel became so ...
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... extensive alli❤ ances . As they passed through countries far more cultivated , more enterprising , and more opulent than their own , they must draw comparisons to their own expence ; and must naturally wish to imitate those people ...
... extensive alli❤ ances . As they passed through countries far more cultivated , more enterprising , and more opulent than their own , they must draw comparisons to their own expence ; and must naturally wish to imitate those people ...
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... extensive as those of Russia , comprehending a considerable portion of the known world . The emperor of Hindostan claims di- rect descent from Tamerlane , whose lineal descend- ants also led the Tartars in the conquest of China , 1 and ...
... extensive as those of Russia , comprehending a considerable portion of the known world . The emperor of Hindostan claims di- rect descent from Tamerlane , whose lineal descend- ants also led the Tartars in the conquest of China , 1 and ...
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... extensive in fluence in the revival of letters , viz . the art of print ing . Before this wonderful invention , books were scarce , and bore an exorbitant price . They could only be multiplied by the slow and painful operation of ...
... extensive in fluence in the revival of letters , viz . the art of print ing . Before this wonderful invention , books were scarce , and bore an exorbitant price . They could only be multiplied by the slow and painful operation of ...
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... extensive connection with all the principal concerns of Europe . For the long period between the ninth and six- teenth centuries , the fortunes of France , like those of the rest of Europe , were fluctuating and unsteady . At each ...
... extensive connection with all the principal concerns of Europe . For the long period between the ninth and six- teenth centuries , the fortunes of France , like those of the rest of Europe , were fluctuating and unsteady . At each ...
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Page 71 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
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Page 95 - Redeemer shall, in his own time and way, show who is the blessed and only potentate, the King of kings and the Lord of lords.