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... possessed no original genius , but only that it was kept more in check . It cannot be doubted , for instance , that Virgil and Horace , Racine and Molière , possessed great original powers , which , in another state of society , they ...
... possessed no original genius , but only that it was kept more in check . It cannot be doubted , for instance , that Virgil and Horace , Racine and Molière , possessed great original powers , which , in another state of society , they ...
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... possessed Naples , Sicily , and Milan , Franche - Comté , and Flanders , besides immense territories in both the ... possession , was a much more formidable Power . Spain was also internally weakened through bad government , fanaticism ...
... possessed Naples , Sicily , and Milan , Franche - Comté , and Flanders , besides immense territories in both the ... possession , was a much more formidable Power . Spain was also internally weakened through bad government , fanaticism ...
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... possessions in the Indies , that Monarch seemed to encircle the earth with his power , and to threaten the liberties of all Europe . It was natural that France , whose dominions were surrounded by those of the Emperor , should first ...
... possessions in the Indies , that Monarch seemed to encircle the earth with his power , and to threaten the liberties of all Europe . It was natural that France , whose dominions were surrounded by those of the Emperor , should first ...
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... possessed any settlements out of Europe . The Spanish colonies were almost confined to the Western Hemisphere . They comprised , on the North American continent , New Spain or Mexico , with all the countries dependent on that ...
... possessed any settlements out of Europe . The Spanish colonies were almost confined to the Western Hemisphere . They comprised , on the North American continent , New Spain or Mexico , with all the countries dependent on that ...
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... possessions , Spain also held all the principal islands in the Caribbean Sea . The maritime enterprises of the ... possession , previously acquired , was the Philippine Isles , occupied in 1564 . These were governed by a viceroy ; but ...
... possessions , Spain also held all the principal islands in the Caribbean Sea . The maritime enterprises of the ... possession , previously acquired , was the Philippine Isles , occupied in 1564 . These were governed by a viceroy ; but ...
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