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... English , and American revolutions . 6 Conquered at last , Joseph had to withdraw reforms and restore privileges , even with greater precipitation than he had evinced in the first part of his career . His ' revocation , ' in 1789 , of ...
... English , and American revolutions . 6 Conquered at last , Joseph had to withdraw reforms and restore privileges , even with greater precipitation than he had evinced in the first part of his career . His ' revocation , ' in 1789 , of ...
Page 66
... English ambassador . She appeared overcome with the heat , and they thought her asleep : and began to talk politics . Fitzherbert ( Lord * Avec trois ou quatre robes et une douzaine de chemises , ' says the auto- biography . St. Helens ) ...
... English ambassador . She appeared overcome with the heat , and they thought her asleep : and began to talk politics . Fitzherbert ( Lord * Avec trois ou quatre robes et une douzaine de chemises , ' says the auto- biography . St. Helens ) ...
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... English sympathisers , but chiefly by Dutch merchants , on whom he had strangely prevailed to embark in so unpromising a speculation . Then followed the curious episode in history of his eleva- tion to the throne of Corsica by the ...
... English sympathisers , but chiefly by Dutch merchants , on whom he had strangely prevailed to embark in so unpromising a speculation . Then followed the curious episode in history of his eleva- tion to the throne of Corsica by the ...
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... on which he rested his hopes of the regeneration of his country , perished with the loss of independence . He left on his death - bed a legacy - the savings of some years H out of his English pension - to re - establish PASCAL PAOLI . 97.
... on which he rested his hopes of the regeneration of his country , perished with the loss of independence . He left on his death - bed a legacy - the savings of some years H out of his English pension - to re - establish PASCAL PAOLI . 97.
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Herman Merivale. out of his English pension - to re - establish it ; and a promis- ing college was founded by means of this capital in 1836 , though little favoured by the French , from the memories of independence which it suggests ...
Herman Merivale. out of his English pension - to re - establish it ; and a promis- ing college was founded by means of this capital in 1836 , though little favoured by the French , from the memories of independence which it suggests ...
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