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... somewhat revolutionary virtue we know ; excessive love of justice in a sovereign is scarcely less so . ' L'art de bouleverser les états ( says Pascal ) est d'ébranler les coûtumes établies , en sondant jusque dans leur 8 JOSEPH II . 00.
... somewhat revolutionary virtue we know ; excessive love of justice in a sovereign is scarcely less so . ' L'art de bouleverser les états ( says Pascal ) est d'ébranler les coûtumes établies , en sondant jusque dans leur 8 JOSEPH II . 00.
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Herman Merivale. outward demeanour . When I entered the room , ' he says , the Emperor was still speaking to a gentleman to whom he gave some orders . His tone was so rough , so harsh , his pronunciation so Austrian , that the impres ...
Herman Merivale. outward demeanour . When I entered the room , ' he says , the Emperor was still speaking to a gentleman to whom he gave some orders . His tone was so rough , so harsh , his pronunciation so Austrian , that the impres ...
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... says Schlosser , ' to effect , by force , that which it is the object of other monarchical states to prevent by force : and he consequently came into colli- sion with the people , and with the spirit of the age , on precisely opposite ...
... says Schlosser , ' to effect , by force , that which it is the object of other monarchical states to prevent by force : and he consequently came into colli- sion with the people , and with the spirit of the age , on precisely opposite ...
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... ( says Vehse ) ' it was thrown at last out of the window into the garden ; an oculist of Vienna , Barth , bought it for sixteen " siebzehner . " It was sold at the Congress of Vienna to the then Crown - Prince Louis of Bavaria , for 6,000 ...
... ( says Vehse ) ' it was thrown at last out of the window into the garden ; an oculist of Vienna , Barth , bought it for sixteen " siebzehner . " It was sold at the Congress of Vienna to the then Crown - Prince Louis of Bavaria , for 6,000 ...
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... says , ' the inhabitants were Magyars , and of the Helvetic confession . The proprietor settled a few Catholic Scla- vonians on the land , brought a Franciscan friar into his house , and shut up one morning the Calvinist church : it was ...
... says , ' the inhabitants were Magyars , and of the Helvetic confession . The proprietor settled a few Catholic Scla- vonians on the land , brought a Franciscan friar into his house , and shut up one morning the Calvinist church : it was ...
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