The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 192A. Constable, 1900 |
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... Military Correspondence from South Africa , II.-M. Edmond Rostand and the Literary Prospects of the Drama . La Samaritaine . Évangile en trois tableaux , en vers . Paris Charpentier et Fasquelle , 1898 . Cyrano de Bergerac . Comédie ...
... Military Correspondence from South Africa , II.-M. Edmond Rostand and the Literary Prospects of the Drama . La Samaritaine . Évangile en trois tableaux , en vers . Paris Charpentier et Fasquelle , 1898 . Cyrano de Bergerac . Comédie ...
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... military discipline . ' It would be more correct to say chiefly ' than ' partly ; ' and it was exactly this lack of unity which the Normans supplied - they welded the different people into one ; but the process was both long and painful ...
... military discipline . ' It would be more correct to say chiefly ' than ' partly ; ' and it was exactly this lack of unity which the Normans supplied - they welded the different people into one ; but the process was both long and painful ...
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... military or diplomatic . The page is filled by the efforts of statesmen to support the Protestant and English interest , in Scotland against that of the Guises , in France to protect the same interests against the same dark power ; by ...
... military or diplomatic . The page is filled by the efforts of statesmen to support the Protestant and English interest , in Scotland against that of the Guises , in France to protect the same interests against the same dark power ; by ...
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... . ' Hero - worshippers will not worship Walpole , But if he did not give the nation glory , he helped to give it the material elements of happiness . After all , military glory is not the 18 July , Goldwin Smith's United Kingdom .
... . ' Hero - worshippers will not worship Walpole , But if he did not give the nation glory , he helped to give it the material elements of happiness . After all , military glory is not the 18 July , Goldwin Smith's United Kingdom .
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Or Critical Journal. happiness . After all , military glory is not the only sentiment . There is a sentiment attached to prosperous industry and the home . If the people are prosperous , they will be happy ; if they are happy , as a rule ...
Or Critical Journal. happiness . After all , military glory is not the only sentiment . There is a sentiment attached to prosperous industry and the home . If the people are prosperous , they will be happy ; if they are happy , as a rule ...
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