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... present specimens seem to indicate , is that they have but furnished the occasional amusement of years of an occupied life , and a relief to the thoughts in many seasons of trouble . 6 And in borrowing from the French the title Histori ...
... present specimens seem to indicate , is that they have but furnished the occasional amusement of years of an occupied life , and a relief to the thoughts in many seasons of trouble . 6 And in borrowing from the French the title Histori ...
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... present day . ' Never , assuredly , was so complete a sweep made of old institutions and usages , as far as mere change of law could do it , as in the five first years of Joseph's reign . Even that effected by the French Revolution ...
... present day . ' Never , assuredly , was so complete a sweep made of old institutions and usages , as far as mere change of law could do it , as in the five first years of Joseph's reign . Even that effected by the French Revolution ...
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... present state of things is the result , not of deliberate policy , but of the inevitable compromise between sects wholly independent of each other , the example , whatever its value , can scarcely be made to bear with exactness on the ...
... present state of things is the result , not of deliberate policy , but of the inevitable compromise between sects wholly independent of each other , the example , whatever its value , can scarcely be made to bear with exactness on the ...
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... present emperor remains as yet in most repects a dead letter . According , therefore , to our ideas , the Josephine re- forms were erroneous in their basis . They tended to diminish the power of the church over the laity , but only with ...
... present emperor remains as yet in most repects a dead letter . According , therefore , to our ideas , the Josephine re- forms were erroneous in their basis . They tended to diminish the power of the church over the laity , but only with ...
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... present age , what I have done for my people . ' 6 ' Here lies Joseph II . ' ( is his well - known self - composed epitaph ) , who failed in everything he undertook . ' They were the words of disappointment , not of truth . It is not ...
... present age , what I have done for my people . ' 6 ' Here lies Joseph II . ' ( is his well - known self - composed epitaph ) , who failed in everything he undertook . ' They were the words of disappointment , not of truth . It is not ...
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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.
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