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... persons from whom those periods took their names exercised a consider- able influence on the spirit by which they were characterized . In reality , however , this influence extended no further than to give a conventional tone and ...
... persons from whom those periods took their names exercised a consider- able influence on the spirit by which they were characterized . In reality , however , this influence extended no further than to give a conventional tone and ...
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... person , still more did he represent the Court , which set the fashion in dress and manners , as well as in literature . There was much , fortunately , in Louis's character that was really refined and ele- gant , and which left an ...
... person , still more did he represent the Court , which set the fashion in dress and manners , as well as in literature . There was much , fortunately , in Louis's character that was really refined and ele- gant , and which left an ...
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... persons of the highest birth . At the same time certain honorary privileges were reserved for the latter which afforded some compensation to their self - love . They alone could dine in public with the King ; they alone could wear the ...
... persons of the highest birth . At the same time certain honorary privileges were reserved for the latter which afforded some compensation to their self - love . They alone could dine in public with the King ; they alone could wear the ...
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... persons of taste , not only in France , but also throughout Europe . For a like reason we pass over the great French ... person , declared himself the protector of the Aca- démie Française , the centre and representative of the national ...
... persons of taste , not only in France , but also throughout Europe . For a like reason we pass over the great French ... person , declared himself the protector of the Aca- démie Française , the centre and representative of the national ...
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... person . Under Leopold , the Diets , the chief bond of German Federation , lost all their importance . That of 1663 , summoned on account of the Turkish War , he opened not in person ; and he afterwards at- tended it only as a kind of ...
... person . Under Leopold , the Diets , the chief bond of German Federation , lost all their importance . That of 1663 , summoned on account of the Turkish War , he opened not in person ; and he afterwards at- tended it only as a kind of ...
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