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... kind were condemned to suffer by the institutions of his time ; that he should have realised the depth of popular igno- rance , the crying injustice of noble privileges , the canker of idle monachism , the countless sufferings of the en ...
... kind were condemned to suffer by the institutions of his time ; that he should have realised the depth of popular igno- rance , the crying injustice of noble privileges , the canker of idle monachism , the countless sufferings of the en ...
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... dissimulation ; which nourished ( as others have pointed out with more truth ) a kind of fitful cynicism in his character , such as may not unfrequently be observed in gentle and enthusiastic natures thwarted JOSEPH II . 5.
... dissimulation ; which nourished ( as others have pointed out with more truth ) a kind of fitful cynicism in his character , such as may not unfrequently be observed in gentle and enthusiastic natures thwarted JOSEPH II . 5.
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... kind of persecution which is of all others the most bitter ; that , namely , which is carried on by overbear- ing power , not so much contrary to law as beside the law , and in mockery of it ; such persecution as was exercised by the ...
... kind of persecution which is of all others the most bitter ; that , namely , which is carried on by overbear- ing power , not so much contrary to law as beside the law , and in mockery of it ; such persecution as was exercised by the ...
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... mingled with some freaks of absolutism . Certain simple sectaries , called ' Deists , ' but who seem rather to have aimed at a kind of primitive Christianity , were not only exempted from it , but incurred , in case of 20 JOSEPH II .
... mingled with some freaks of absolutism . Certain simple sectaries , called ' Deists , ' but who seem rather to have aimed at a kind of primitive Christianity , were not only exempted from it , but incurred , in case of 20 JOSEPH II .
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... France , the Armies of the Faith of Naples and Spain , the Catholic and Repeal associations of Ireland , and many similar phenomena of more or less significance , only attested its farther development . There was a kind 40 JOSEPH II .
... France , the Armies of the Faith of Naples and Spain , the Catholic and Repeal associations of Ireland , and many similar phenomena of more or less significance , only attested its farther development . There was a kind 40 JOSEPH II .
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