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... field of historical theory , the contingent past — the test of mere success is one which ought to be utterly disclaimed , when judging of a character such as his . It claimed , in reality , not that B : sort of contemptuous pity which ...
... field of historical theory , the contingent past — the test of mere success is one which ought to be utterly disclaimed , when judging of a character such as his . It claimed , in reality , not that B : sort of contemptuous pity which ...
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... field , and the insurrection quelled at once . Other partial risings were overcome , and by the end of 1756 the ' general ' ( to which title , with powers of a dictatorial kind , he had been raised by a decree of the Supreme Magistracy ...
... field , and the insurrection quelled at once . Other partial risings were overcome , and by the end of 1756 the ' general ' ( to which title , with powers of a dictatorial kind , he had been raised by a decree of the Supreme Magistracy ...
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... field in renewed force , under the Comte de Vaux , an officer of merit . Paoli was driven out of the north , and compelled to con- centrate his force on the hills of his native Rostino . A solitary bridge , Pontenuovo , on the road from ...
... field in renewed force , under the Comte de Vaux , an officer of merit . Paoli was driven out of the north , and compelled to con- centrate his force on the hills of his native Rostino . A solitary bridge , Pontenuovo , on the road from ...
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... field of Pontenuovo . His decided and energetic character soon gave the young officer the lead in his native town . He obtained his election for the command of a battalion of the National Guard , against the Pozzo - di - borgos and ...
... field of Pontenuovo . His decided and energetic character soon gave the young officer the lead in his native town . He obtained his election for the command of a battalion of the National Guard , against the Pozzo - di - borgos and ...
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... field subsided . His boyish admiration for the single hero of his little country then revived . He felt the reality of that lofty virtue , the visionary nothingness of those provincial quarrels , once so warmly embraced , which had ...
... field subsided . His boyish admiration for the single hero of his little country then revived . He felt the reality of that lofty virtue , the visionary nothingness of those provincial quarrels , once so warmly embraced , which had ...
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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?