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... field of historical theory , the contingent past - the test of mere success is one which ought to be utterly disclaimed , when judging of a character such as his . It claimed , in reality , not that B sort of contemptuous pity which the ...
... field of historical theory , the contingent past - the test of mere success is one which ought to be utterly disclaimed , when judging of a character such as his . It claimed , in reality , not that B sort of contemptuous pity which the ...
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... field , and the insurrection quelled at once . Other partial risings were overcome , and by the end of 1756 the ' general ' ( to which title , with powers of a dictatorial kind , he had been raised by a decree of the Supreme Magistracy ...
... field , and the insurrection quelled at once . Other partial risings were overcome , and by the end of 1756 the ' general ' ( to which title , with powers of a dictatorial kind , he had been raised by a decree of the Supreme Magistracy ...
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... field in renewed force , under the Comte de Vaux , an officer of merit . Paoli was driven out of the north , and compelled to con- centrate his force on the hills of his native Rostino . A solitary bridge , Pontenuovo , on the road from ...
... field in renewed force , under the Comte de Vaux , an officer of merit . Paoli was driven out of the north , and compelled to con- centrate his force on the hills of his native Rostino . A solitary bridge , Pontenuovo , on the road from ...
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... field of Pontenuovo . His decided and energetic character soon gave the young officer the lead in his native town . He obtained his election for the command of a battalion of the National Guard , against the Pozzo - di - borgos and ...
... field of Pontenuovo . His decided and energetic character soon gave the young officer the lead in his native town . He obtained his election for the command of a battalion of the National Guard , against the Pozzo - di - borgos and ...
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... field subsided . His boyish admiration for the single hero of his little country then revived . He felt the reality of that lofty virtue , the visionary nothingness of those provincial quarrels , once so warmly embraced , which had ...
... field subsided . His boyish admiration for the single hero of his little country then revived . He felt the reality of that lofty virtue , the visionary nothingness of those provincial quarrels , once so warmly embraced , which had ...
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