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... England ; yet the extreme reluctance of Par- liament to act in that character shows how widely dif- ferent the legal doctrine is from the existing practice . No reason which will bear the test of theoretical argument can be given for ...
... England ; yet the extreme reluctance of Par- liament to act in that character shows how widely dif- ferent the legal doctrine is from the existing practice . No reason which will bear the test of theoretical argument can be given for ...
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... England would even gain in wealth and power through the independence of the United States . I was not asleep , ' she said , rousing herself , but I wanted to hear what you had to urge . For myself I can only say , that had I lost ...
... England would even gain in wealth and power through the independence of the United States . I was not asleep , ' she said , rousing herself , but I wanted to hear what you had to urge . For myself I can only say , that had I lost ...
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... England into hamlets , townships , and extensive parishes . In Corsica an aggregate of small hamlets ( ' paesi ' ) constitutes generally the village ( called by the French commune ) , and an aggregate of villages the ' pieve ' or parish ...
... England into hamlets , townships , and extensive parishes . In Corsica an aggregate of small hamlets ( ' paesi ' ) constitutes generally the village ( called by the French commune ) , and an aggregate of villages the ' pieve ' or parish ...
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... remarkable one . In reading of it we are tempted , -like Paoli's own contemporaries , as they watched the experiment with strong sympathy , from England , France , Italy , and even the remotest north , -to shut 92 PASCAL PAOLI .
... remarkable one . In reading of it we are tempted , -like Paoli's own contemporaries , as they watched the experiment with strong sympathy , from England , France , Italy , and even the remotest north , -to shut 92 PASCAL PAOLI .
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... It has been chosen by Dumas as the site of his famous romance Les frères Corses , best known in England through the acting of Mr. Charles Kean . 277933A and he finds himself at last promoted , like an н 2 PASCAL PAOLI . 99.
... It has been chosen by Dumas as the site of his famous romance Les frères Corses , best known in England through the acting of Mr. Charles Kean . 277933A and he finds himself at last promoted , like an н 2 PASCAL PAOLI . 99.
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Page 100 - The pamphlet proves what I have always maintained, that any fool may write a most valuable book by chance, if he will only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity.
Page 188 - And you, my midnight darlings, my Folios ! must I part with the intense delight of having you (huge armfuls) in my embraces ? Must knowledge come to me, if it come at all, by some awkward experiment of intuition, and no longer by this familiar process of reading ? Shall I enjoy friendships there wanting the smiling indications which point me to them here, — the recognisable face the "sweet assurance of a look?