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... followed by , as it were , the second foundation of Venice , was fought in either 804 or 809 , A.D .; and , for nearly four hundred years to come , the republic went on extending her commerce , and gradually perfecting her polity ...
... followed by , as it were , the second foundation of Venice , was fought in either 804 or 809 , A.D .; and , for nearly four hundred years to come , the republic went on extending her commerce , and gradually perfecting her polity ...
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... followed from the earliest times . Writers who have treated the food question in a scientific or quasi - scientific style , have generally been humourists like Billat Savarin , and the very notion of showing " what to eat and drink and ...
... followed from the earliest times . Writers who have treated the food question in a scientific or quasi - scientific style , have generally been humourists like Billat Savarin , and the very notion of showing " what to eat and drink and ...
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... followed up by all the exciting horrors of the French Revolution , and the murder of the royal family . At this point the interest of the biography deepens . Burke was at Beaconsfield when the news first reached him of the storming of ...
... followed up by all the exciting horrors of the French Revolution , and the murder of the royal family . At this point the interest of the biography deepens . Burke was at Beaconsfield when the news first reached him of the storming of ...
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... followed shortly after by that schism in the Whig party which avenged all the former slights to which Burke had been exposed . The separation scenes be- tween the two great Whig leaders are well described by Mr. Macknight ; but they are ...
... followed shortly after by that schism in the Whig party which avenged all the former slights to which Burke had been exposed . The separation scenes be- tween the two great Whig leaders are well described by Mr. Macknight ; but they are ...
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... followed the fierce blood - storm of civil and religious warfare that swept for mingled good and evil over the England of Strafford , Cromwell , and William III . There has been a stirring among the dry bones of forgotten creeds and ...
... followed the fierce blood - storm of civil and religious warfare that swept for mingled good and evil over the England of Strafford , Cromwell , and William III . There has been a stirring among the dry bones of forgotten creeds and ...
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Página 219 - With a, full View of the English-Dutch Struggle against Spain, and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL Portraits.
Página 388 - In her right hand the lily, in her left The letter — all her bright hair streaming down — And all the coverlid was cloth of gold Drawn to her waist, and she herself in white All but her face, and that clear-featured face Was lovely, for she did not seem as dead, But fast asleep, and lay as tho
Página 398 - To learning and to loyalty were bred : For colleges on bounteous kings depend, And never rebel was to arts a friend.
Página 179 - A History of England, from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the Civil War, 1603-1642.
Página 83 - ... with their reflections and observations upon every piece of intelligence that is sent us from abroad. The text is given us by one set of writers, and the comment by another. But notwithstanding we have the same tale told us in so many different papers, and, if occasion requires, in so many articles of the same paper ; notwithstanding, in a scarcity of foreign posts, we hear the same story repeated by different...
Página 193 - to my end.' His end was worthy of his life. His intellect was not for a moment clouded. His fortitude was the more admirable because he was not willing to die. He had very lately said to one of those whom he most loved, ' You know that I never feared death ; there have been times when I should have wished it, but, now that this great new prospect is opening before me, I do wish to stay here a little longer.
Página 464 - ... Confederation, and of the Swiss Constitution previous to 1847. It was tried in America for a few years immediately following the War of Independence. The other principle is that of the existing Constitution of the United States, and has been adopted within the last dozen years by the Swiss Confederacy. The Federal Congress of the American Union is a substantive part of the government of every individual State. Within the limits of its attributions, it makes laws which are obeyed by every citizen...
Página 193 - He ordered several of them to be called in, and exerted himself to take leave of them with a few kind and cheerful words. Among the English who were admitted to his bedside were Devonshire and Ormond. But there were in the crowd those who felt as no...
Página 95 - Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.
Página 167 - All hail, great master ! grave sir, hail ! I come To answer thy best pleasure ; be't to fly, To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride On the curled clouds : to thy strong bidding, task Ariel, and all his quality.