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... . SCENERY AND ANTIQUITIES OF CORNWALL 355 THE LANDSCAPE OF ANCIENT ITALY , AS DELINEATED IN THE POM- PEIAN PAINTINGS 416 A VISIT TO MALTA , 1857 . 450 THE ANGEL OF BYZANTIUM 469 I. ON SOME OF THE PRECURSORS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
... . SCENERY AND ANTIQUITIES OF CORNWALL 355 THE LANDSCAPE OF ANCIENT ITALY , AS DELINEATED IN THE POM- PEIAN PAINTINGS 416 A VISIT TO MALTA , 1857 . 450 THE ANGEL OF BYZANTIUM 469 I. ON SOME OF THE PRECURSORS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
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... ancient feudal rights of the lord , originally conceived with a view of enforcing suit and service , were turned into a means of extorting the uttermost farthing in money , or its equivalent labour . And thus , if we may believe in the ...
... ancient feudal rights of the lord , originally conceived with a view of enforcing suit and service , were turned into a means of extorting the uttermost farthing in money , or its equivalent labour . And thus , if we may believe in the ...
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... very different thing from that ancient spirit of bigotry which he had destroyed . Independently of mere political theory , the importance of his adminis- trative reforms is fully recognised by modern statesmen , who JOSEPH II . 45.
... very different thing from that ancient spirit of bigotry which he had destroyed . Independently of mere political theory , the importance of his adminis- trative reforms is fully recognised by modern statesmen , who JOSEPH II . 45.
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... ancient possession , even against France herself , and Corsica ultimately fell back under the company of St. George . The fortunes of the brave Sampiero , the greatest military character whom the island has produced ; his murder of his ...
... ancient possession , even against France herself , and Corsica ultimately fell back under the company of St. George . The fortunes of the brave Sampiero , the greatest military character whom the island has produced ; his murder of his ...
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... ancient attitude of hostility to the Genoese . Then began their last and most famous rebellion of forty years , which ended only by the transfer of the rights of the republic to France , and the ultimate suppression of Corsican ...
... ancient attitude of hostility to the Genoese . Then began their last and most famous rebellion of forty years , which ended only by the transfer of the rights of the republic to France , and the ultimate suppression of Corsican ...
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