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... original shape , or nearly re- written . Several are now published for the first time . I have thought it sufficient to mention this , without specifying to which class each belongs . By way of introduction to the first series , ' On ...
... original shape , or nearly re- written . Several are now published for the first time . I have thought it sufficient to mention this , without specifying to which class each belongs . By way of introduction to the first series , ' On ...
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... original in his views than cardinals of his time in general . His only idea seems to have been that of making a personal impression on Joseph , partly by his own persuasive powers - for there entered no small amount of vanity into his ...
... original in his views than cardinals of his time in general . His only idea seems to have been that of making a personal impression on Joseph , partly by his own persuasive powers - for there entered no small amount of vanity into his ...
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... original motives with which she entered on that course which ended in the destruc- tion of Poland , were those of the champion of religious freedom , however they may have afterwards deteriorated . Public opinion has now almost ...
... original motives with which she entered on that course which ended in the destruc- tion of Poland , were those of the champion of religious freedom , however they may have afterwards deteriorated . Public opinion has now almost ...
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... original praise . But there were not wanting soberer counsellors than the philosophers , who urged on Louis XV . solid objections to his proposed conquest - objections which subsequent years have confirmed ; the nullity of its supposed ...
... original praise . But there were not wanting soberer counsellors than the philosophers , who urged on Louis XV . solid objections to his proposed conquest - objections which subsequent years have confirmed ; the nullity of its supposed ...
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... original men ; ' Dumouriez , Miranda , Clavičre , Tom Paine , Baron Trenk , Paul Jones , and Anacharsis Cloots . Among this motley gathering , Pascal Paoli , with his reality of charac- ter and singleness of purpose , had also to ...
... original men ; ' Dumouriez , Miranda , Clavičre , Tom Paine , Baron Trenk , Paul Jones , and Anacharsis Cloots . Among this motley gathering , Pascal Paoli , with his reality of charac- ter and singleness of purpose , had also to ...
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