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In the reciprocal services of lord and vassal , there was ample scope for every magnanimous and disinterested energy . The heart of man , when placed in circumstances which have a tendency to excite them , will seldom be deficient in ...
In the reciprocal services of lord and vassal , there was ample scope for every magnanimous and disinterested energy . The heart of man , when placed in circumstances which have a tendency to excite them , will seldom be deficient in ...
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Page 188 - We lose a good deal of our sympathy with the spirit of freedom in Greece and Rome, when the importunate recollection occurs to us, of the tasks which might be enjoined, and the punishments which might be inflicted, without control either of law or opinion, by the keenest patriots of the Comitia, or the Council of Five Thousand.
Page 73 - Cressy and Poitiers, for these were fully matched in the ranks of France, but the yeomen who drew the bow with strong and steady arms, accustomed to its use in their native fields, and rendered fearless by personal competence and civil...
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| Title | View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages, Volume 1 View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages, Henry Hallam |
| Author | Henry Hallam |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1822 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 30 Sep 2005 |
| Length | 1666 pages |
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