History of Europe from the Fall of Napoleon in 1815 to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in 1852Blackwood, 1854 - Europe |
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... Never did the Crescent wane be- fore the Cross as during its continuance . This period , so rich in important changes and interesting events , will form the subject of the fourth volume . If The Fourth Period , commencing with the noble ...
... Never did the Crescent wane be- fore the Cross as during its continuance . This period , so rich in important changes and interesting events , will form the subject of the fourth volume . If The Fourth Period , commencing with the noble ...
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... never to introduce a great question without giving as copious an abstract as the limits of the work will admit , of the facts and arguments brought forward on both sides . The latter especially seemed to be peculiarly called for in a ...
... never to introduce a great question without giving as copious an abstract as the limits of the work will admit , of the facts and arguments brought forward on both sides . The latter especially seemed to be peculiarly called for in a ...
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... never could bring six thousand armed men into the field . In propor- tion to the extension of our colonial empire , and the necessity of increased forces to defend it , our armaments have been reduced both by sea and land . Every gleam ...
... never could bring six thousand armed men into the field . In propor- tion to the extension of our colonial empire , and the necessity of increased forces to defend it , our armaments have been reduced both by sea and land . Every gleam ...
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... never be renewed . Here , as elsewhere , the wish became the father to the thought ; the immediate interests of men deter- mined their opinions and regulated their conduct . The pacific interests of the empire had increased so immensely ...
... never be renewed . Here , as elsewhere , the wish became the father to the thought ; the immediate interests of men deter- mined their opinions and regulated their conduct . The pacific interests of the empire had increased so immensely ...
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... never raised so cheap as in those places where the soil is rich , the people poor , and civilisation , comparatively speaking , in a state of infancy . The reason is , that in the old state , being the richer of the two , money is more ...
... never raised so cheap as in those places where the soil is rich , the people poor , and civilisation , comparatively speaking , in a state of infancy . The reason is , that in the old state , being the richer of the two , money is more ...
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Page 315 - Still, where rosy pleasure leads, See a kindred grief pursue ; Behind the steps that misery treads, Approaching comfort view : The hues of bliss more brightly glow, Chastised by sabler tints of woe ; And blended, form with artful strife The strength and harmony of life.
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Page 437 - Yes ! thy proud lords, unpitied land ! shall see That man hath yet a soul— and dare be free ! A little while, along thy saddening plains, The starless night of desolation reigns ; Truth shall restore the light by Nature given, And, like Prometheus, bring the fire of Heaven ! Prone to the dust Oppression shall be hurl'd, Her name, her nature, wither'd from the world...
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