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... kings : it enveloped them ; it subjugated them ; it dictated to their lips words of strange meaning ; it drove them on , excited by the praises they received , even to the destruction of those altars which had for so long a period been ...
... kings : it enveloped them ; it subjugated them ; it dictated to their lips words of strange meaning ; it drove them on , excited by the praises they received , even to the destruction of those altars which had for so long a period been ...
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... King's face should give grace ' was a prejudice far too deeply rooted for Joseph to shake , and this innovation , founded on the purest intentions , was one of the first which he was com- pelled by public opinion to withdraw . Closely ...
... King's face should give grace ' was a prejudice far too deeply rooted for Joseph to shake , and this innovation , founded on the purest intentions , was one of the first which he was com- pelled by public opinion to withdraw . Closely ...
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... kings , would not only redress the balance , but depress it strongly and permanently on the temporal side . On the whole , the tendency of events was in favour of the State as against the church : its resources increased , while hers ...
... kings , would not only redress the balance , but depress it strongly and permanently on the temporal side . On the whole , the tendency of events was in favour of the State as against the church : its resources increased , while hers ...
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... king gave in this respect over the very limited authority of the German kaiser ; whom , never- theless , he exhorts to do his best , ut et Germania , toties suâ credulitate et Italorum machinationibus delusa et pressa , pristinam ...
... king gave in this respect over the very limited authority of the German kaiser ; whom , never- theless , he exhorts to do his best , ut et Germania , toties suâ credulitate et Italorum machinationibus delusa et pressa , pristinam ...
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... King , siete a casa vostra , siete il padrone . ' But the work of resistance to his reforms was not less effectively commenced . The cause of reaction had ob- tained a moral aid , worth more than myriads of bayonets . Joseph was taught ...
... King , siete a casa vostra , siete il padrone . ' But the work of resistance to his reforms was not less effectively commenced . The cause of reaction had ob- tained a moral aid , worth more than myriads of bayonets . Joseph was taught ...
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