Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824 |
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Richard Warner. OLIVER LE DAIN . The mention of this redoubtable instru- ment of Louis's dark and intricate politics occurs very frequently in the Memoirs of de Comines . In his fifth book he gives us the following outline of his ...
Richard Warner. OLIVER LE DAIN . The mention of this redoubtable instru- ment of Louis's dark and intricate politics occurs very frequently in the Memoirs of de Comines . In his fifth book he gives us the following outline of his ...
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... ment ; yet M. de Chavigny continued in good health , but was made a prisoner . I only relate all these things , " adds Bayle , " to shew the weakness of those who sometimes sit at the helm . The destiny of nations and kingdoms is in ...
... ment ; yet M. de Chavigny continued in good health , but was made a prisoner . I only relate all these things , " adds Bayle , " to shew the weakness of those who sometimes sit at the helm . The destiny of nations and kingdoms is in ...
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... ment of planets ; and accordingly receives its virtue . So , in fire , the enlivening light thereof is under the government of the sun ; the heat of it , under Mars in the earth , the various superficies thereof , under the moon and Mer ...
... ment of planets ; and accordingly receives its virtue . So , in fire , the enlivening light thereof is under the government of the sun ; the heat of it , under Mars in the earth , the various superficies thereof , under the moon and Mer ...
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... ment and regulation as to the districts which each family travels . " I cannot help again referring to Mr. Smith , of Kelso , a gentleman who can give the most accurate information respecting the habits of these itinerants , as their ...
... ment and regulation as to the districts which each family travels . " I cannot help again referring to Mr. Smith , of Kelso , a gentleman who can give the most accurate information respecting the habits of these itinerants , as their ...
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... ment in taste , as well as in morals , that every man who now indulges in the pernicious prac- tice is considered as forfeiting his claim , not only to the character of the christian , but also to the manners of the gentleman.t + The ...
... ment in taste , as well as in morals , that every man who now indulges in the pernicious prac- tice is considered as forfeiting his claim , not only to the character of the christian , but also to the manners of the gentleman.t + The ...
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